This week on History Happy Hour: The Declaration of Independence came to life in a boarding house in Philadelphia under the hand of Thomas Jefferson, captured the spirit of the American cause, and lives to this day.

Scholar Michael Auslin has written a history of the Declaration of Independence that starts with its writing and winds through a long afterlife of 250 years. We’ll talk with him about his new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America.

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Michael Auslin, PhD is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and is also a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. The best-selling author of four non-fiction books, he is a longtime contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his writing appears in leading publications including The Washington Post and The Spectator. Formerly an associate professor of history at Yale, he was elected a member of the Royal Historical Society, and is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library of Congress and a fellow at the Society of the Cincinnati's American Revolution Institute.

This week on History Happy Hour: World War II was unprecedented in its scope and ferocity. The heroism of the men and women who won the war may be well documented, but we know too little about the pain and hardships the veterans endured upon their return home

In this encore episode, we discuss this with David Nasaw, author of the new book The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II.

David Nasaw is a professor of history at the City University of New York City. He has written ten books, two of which, Andrew Carnegie and The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Time of Joseph P Kennedy, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. He has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal among others.

This week on History Happy Hour: To mark the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day, we will bring you a ninety-minute special edition of History Happy Hour looking back on the Normandy landings. Two of our favorite historians will join us to take your questions about D-Day – its planning, execution and aftermath.

Joe Balkoski wrote the book Beyond the Beachhead about the 29th Division, which landed on the Western half of Omaha Beach. John McManus wrote The Dead and Those About to Die on the First Division, which landed on the eastern half. But we won’t just be talking about Omaha Beach – we’ll take questions on all aspects of D-Day and its special place in WWII lore.

Don’t forget to send us questions in advance to info@historyhappyhour.com. And join us Sunday, at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.

John McManus is a military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He also served as a visiting professor at the U.S. Naval Academy. McManus has published thirteen critically acclaimed books on numerous American military history topics.

This week on History Happy Hour: September 1943, the people of Denmark banded together to rescue nearly all of their Jewish citizens from a NAZI roundup by ferrying them to sanctuary in Sweden. Why were the Danes able to do what no other country could?

In this encore episode, we discuss this little-known, true story with guest Tim Brady, author of A Light in the Northern Sea: Denmark’s Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII. The riveting accounts of ordinary Danes, who used their modest resources, wiles, remarkable courage, and camaraderie to quietly orchestrate their escape.

This week on History Happy Hour: Chris and Rick are in Berchtesgaden to present an encore episode about The Hispanos of frontier New Mexico after the war with Mexico in 1848. Make sense? Probably not, but that’s the way it goes!

We’ll present our conversation with James Mills, author of In the Days of Billy the Kid. Mills dives into the lives of four men little known to history, who played a big part in the events of those days.

Join us Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.

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This week on History Happy Hour: Chris and Rick explore the story of two B-24 navigators from the same Illinois town, who find themselves in a famous bombing raid over Ploesti - and the woman who connects them.

Our guest is Jan Cress Dondi, author of The Navigator’s Letter: The Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman who Bound Them Together. Drawing on family letters and firsthand accounts, the book combines military history with and a story of courage, loss, and survival.

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This week on History Happy Hour: Chris and Rick welcome Robert Edsel, author of the book “Monuments Men,” to talk about his latest book “Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II.”

We’ll talk about the occupation and liberation of the Netherlands, as well as the extraordinary, 80-year commitment of Dutch citizens to adopt and maintain the graves of American soldiers.

This week on History Happy Hour: The shocking untold story of the British royal family’s centuries-long investment in slavery and continued profiting off its legacy—from Elizabeth I to the present. Acclaimed historian Dr. Brooke Newman reveals the true story of the enslavers who were supported by members of the royal family in her new book The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas.