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The Garden of Memory
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The blog and newsletter of historian Sean Munger, looking at the past as a living garden of human experiences.

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These are Brazilian army recruits (and conscripts), 1944. Brazil was the only country in Latin America to participate formally in both World War I and World War II. My new deep dive video, which is coming soon on my YouTube channel, is about this […]

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Sepia tinted photo of men of various ethnicities marching with steel helmets and antique rifles.
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.
Black and white screenshot of Marilyn Monroe in a sequined gown, singing "I Want To Be Loved By You" in the classic Billy Wilder film Some Like It Hot.
August 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.
Orange-lit low angle of Sarah and John Conner standing on a ledge above a vat of molten steel. "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do."
August 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Sharing some of my recent blog posts for the past few months. This very long article is the result of my encounters with AI, which I have concluded has very little utility to historians and is actively hostile to our profession, as well as to the economy […]

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Composite image of a mechanical robot with a human face and hands, superimposed over a graph of falling stock values and a $100 bill.
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM