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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Welcome one and all to the mighty gathering of answers we call the Sunday Digest! Topics from far and wide have been collected below for you to peruse at your leisure and see the incredible work created by the communities contributors.
Don’t forget to check out the usual weekly features and some special ones!
Start off with I am Peter Samsonov, author of Sherman Tanks of the Red Army. AMA about American and British armour in Soviet service. thanks to /u/TankArchives.
Have some fun with the Friday Free for All!
META! Is there any hard or soft "time limit" by which old questions should be answered?
That wraps us up for another week folks, and I hope you enjoy the haul! Keep it classy and I’ll see everyone again next Sunday!
Sunday is also a chance to show some love for the fascinating yet overlooked questions that caught our eye. Feel free to post your own, or others you saw, and perhaps a wandering expert might stop by. Or they’ll help to inspire more great questions in the future!
/u/Xaminaf asked Can oral tradition and archaeology give Native people north of the Rio Grande the kind of detailed pre contact history we see in Latin America?
/u/ottolouis asked During the American Revolution, to what extent were the Founding Fathers motivated by personal financial gain, as opposed to fighting for universal rights?