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Honest History

Issue 32 | Summer 2026
Magazine

Honest History is the award-winning magazine for kids that brings important stories from the past to life through engaging, educational topics, beautiful illustrations and fun activities. Each issue is filled with often-untold stories of people, places, and events from around the globe that inspire and encourage kids to create a positive impact on history themselves. Created to provide big brain benefits to curious young minds ages 6–12.

Honest History

A LETTER FOR YOUNG HISTORIANS

YOUNG HISTORIAN

Welcome to the American Revolution

YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW

PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW

Words We Should Learn

48 HOURS to FREEDOM!

WACKY WORD STORIES: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

What is FREEDOM?

Who Signed It? • Can you find the following signatures of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

TRUE or FALSE

LOST COLONIAL PHRASES

DUELING IT OUT

Who Said What?

Finish This Picture

A Day in the Life • What would you have heard, seen, and smelled while walking around a colonial city? Let’s travel back in time to 18th-century Philadelphia to find out.

SAILOR’S VALENTINES

1st Rhode Island Regiment

SMILE • Rumors run wild when it comes to George Washington’s teeth, so here are the facts to set the record straight.

Inside George Washington’s Tent

THINKING IT OVER • Look at the items under the tree. Can you find their matches hidden in the rest of the picture?

PHILADELPHIA VS. DC

Color in the market scene

THE ADVENTURES OF HERBERT AND WELLS

PERCY’S MAILBOX • Here are some of the things our young historians have to say about Honest History.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WORDS SEARCH

GET THE PEN… …TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!

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