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Lithograph of mansion, Stratford Hall, in Westmoreland County, VA

Oppression in the Kitchen, Delight in the Dining Room

The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in colonial Virginia.
by Kelley Fanto Deetz via The Conversation on December 21, 2020
Drawing of pilgrims walking in a line in the snow.

Why the Puritans Cracked Down on Celebrating Christmas

It was less about their asceticism and more about rejecting the world they had fled.
by Peter C. Mancall via The Conversation on December 17, 2020

Growing Up with Juneteenth

How a Texan holiday became a national tradition.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via The New Yorker on June 19, 2020

The History Behind One of America’s Most Beloved Desserts

The origins of the praline candy can be traced back to enslaved black women in Louisiana.
by Myles Poydras via The Atlantic on January 5, 2020
Painting imagining the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth.

Thanksgiving Is Another Reminder of What America Forgot

The absence of Native perspectives in American history books and classrooms has been remarked on for over 50 years. Will it ever change?
by Nick Martin via The New Republic on November 28, 2019
Two tacos.

The True Story of How National Taco Day Was Invented — Then Appropriated

As seemingly all of the American food media tripped over itself to create listicles around National Taco Day, I shook my head in disgust.
by Gustavo Arellano via L. A. Taco on October 4, 2019
Postcard from Florida.
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How Florida Got Its Name

506 years ago, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed in what he christened "Florida."
by Roger Chapman, Lina Zeldovich, Samuel Turner via JSTOR Daily on April 16, 2019

How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco

A Proctor & Gamble ad-man on the Lower East Side recognized a big marketing opportunity when he saw one.
by Deena Prichep via NPR on December 2, 2018
Cartoon depiction of a labor strike

“Labor Day” Isn’t Labor Day

The annual worker’s holiday in the rest of the world is May Day. Why not here?
by Sam Wallman via The Nib on September 3, 2018

Citizens to Come: Building Beyond the 14th Amendment

Commemoration of the 14th Amendment must not display the abundance of freedom, but the hunger for it on both sides of the border.
by Sonya Posmentier via Public Books on July 10, 2018
A sign that reads "Welcome to Waterloo New York, the Birthplace of Memorial Day."

Where Is the Official Birthplace of Memorial Day?

Experts dug up 19th century newspaper clips revealing the real birthplace.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on May 25, 2018

Restoring King

There is no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted than Martin Luther King Jr.
by Thomas J. Sugrue via Jacobin on January 16, 2018
Sketch of a mother carrying a large platter while children around her run and cheer.

A Backlash Against 'Mixed' Foods Led to the Demise of a Classic American Dish

In the 19th century, puddings were as popular and widespread as pasta dishes are today.
by Helen Zoe Veit via The Conversation on November 20, 2017

What the Guys Who Coined '420' Think About Their Place in Marijuana History

And how the term came to be code for pot-smoking in the first place.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on April 19, 2017
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The Pledge of Allegiance's Creepy Past

Seventy-four years ago today, lawmakers passed an amendment to the U.S. Flag Code.
by Stephen A. Smith, Jordan G Teicher, Cecilia O'Leary, Tony Platt, Mary Tierney Coutts, Laura Bell Everett via JSTOR Daily on December 22, 2016
A painting of Boston harbor, where women in dresses stand on a hill, watching ships
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Invisible Cities, Continued

The 19th century recovery of John Winthrop's sermon, "A City on a Hill."
via BackStory on January 22, 2016

Mother’s Day or Mothers’ Day

The origins of the Hallmark holiday are rooted in a much greater cause.
by Heather Cox Richardson via We're History on May 7, 2015

Is Corned Beef Really Irish?

The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal.
by Shaylyn Esposito via Smithsonian Magazine on March 15, 2013

May Day's Radical History

The date of Occupy's strike has ties to the eight-hour day movement, immigrant workers and American anarchism.
by Jacob Remes via Salon on April 30, 2012
Pilgrim Thanksgiving

Which Thanksgiving?

The forgotten history of Thanksgiving.
by Karl Jacoby via Los Angeles Times on November 26, 2008

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