Memory

How the mythologizing of the Union Army’s Irish Brigade helped dispel anti-Irish sentiment.

Historians are losing their audience, and searching for the next trend won’t win it back.

A collection of more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 photos of former slaves.

One hundred years ago, a crisis in urban masculinity created the lumberjack aesthetic. Now it's making a comeback.

Columbus Day is here again -- along with the controversy over its namesake. How have earlier generations understood him?

A time before “everyone” knew the story of Christopher Columbus, and the role of Washington Irving’s massive biography in creating the heroic Columbus myth.

The challenges involved in constructing the 9-11 Museum in New York City within the context of other man-made disasters.

David Brion Davis’s philosophical history.

A forgotten history of the largest slave auction ever on American soil.

The early controversy over whether or not to build the Washington Monument on the National Mall.

She was Helen Keller before Helen Keller. Then her mentor abandoned their studies.

A southerner discovers the inaccuracy of the the myths he grew up with, and slowly comes to terms with his connection to the Civil War.

A favorite of Old Hickory, she made him seem kinder than he was. Why?

Considering six books on the outbreak of World War I and its place in history.

Wildly popular accounts like @HistoryInPics are bad for history, bad for Twitter, and bad for you.

The story of one veteran who could never find peace—until he made Vietnam his home.

How the attempt to claim Beethoven as Black actually recycles racist tropes.

They have shaped America, but how old were they on Independence Day?

As the 150th of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches, it's time to question the popular account of a war that tore apart the nation.

In 1923, the U.S. Senate approved a new monument in D.C. "in memory of the faithful slave mammies of the South."

On America's iconic monuments and the idea of national remembrance.

Historians often treat Miller as a foil, but the Father of American Intellectual history retains untapped potential to inspire new modes of inquiry.

A series of objects of both Native and non-Native origin that tell a story of extraordinary culture disruption.

The story of a group of people who get together each year to reenact the notorious 1946 Moore’s Ford lynching in Georgia.

How Buffalo Bill’s Wild West brought scenes from the American West to audiences around the globe.

Why Marvin Greer spends his weekends playing the part of a slave at Civil War reenactments.

History books are rewritten to focus on the underdog. Surely that is a victory for the common people...or is it?

Debunking myths about the Pony Express.

It's worth remembering that the now-controversial holiday started as a way to empower immigrants and celebrate American diversity.

As Americans enjoy the holiday weekend, does anyone know how Memorial Day originated?