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How America Became “A City Upon a Hill”

The rise and fall of Perry Miller.
by Abram C. Van Engen via Humanities on January 2, 2020

The Remembered Past

On the beginnings of our stories—and the history of who owns them.
by Lewis H. Lapham via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 14, 2019

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

Charles Postel on the temperance crusade that galvanized the American women's movement.
by Charles Postel via Literary Hub on August 21, 2019

How History Class Divides Us

What if America's inability to agree on its shared history—and how to teach it—is a cause of our polarization and political dysfunction, rather than a symptom?
by Stephen Sawchuk via Education Week on October 23, 2018
Students from Ramstein Middle School recite Pledge of Allegiance during a Sep. 11 commemoration ceremony

Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.
by Jack David Eller via Boston Review on September 6, 2018

The NFL Has Officially Whitewashed Colin Kaepernick’s Protest

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.
by Louis Moore via Vox on September 28, 2017

Is it Still Okay to Venerate George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?

The president's stand on the Confederate hero represents the kind of moral relativism that conservatives usually decry.
by David A. Bell via Washington Post on August 17, 2017
James Garfield

The Unexpected Impact of James Garfield's Assassination

On July 2, 1881, less than a year after President James Garfield was elected the 20th president of the United States, he was shot by Charles Guiteau.
by Peter Feuerherd, Mike Sewell via JSTOR Daily on July 2, 2017

The American Revolution Revisited

A nation divided, even at birth.
via The Economist on June 29, 2017
Lithograph of Benedict Arnold.

How Benedict Arnold Helped Win the Revolution

Some historians think Benedict Arnold's treason may well have aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War.
by Peter Feuerherd, Andy Trees, Lori J. Duchame, Gary Alan Fine via JSTOR Daily on January 14, 2017
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton

The Hamilton Cult

Has the celebrated musical eclipsed the man himself?
by Robert Sullivan via Harper’s on October 1, 2016
The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869.

The Birth of Breaking News

On May 10th, 1869, the entire nation was waiting for the moment a silver hammer struck a golden spike, creating the first massive breaking news story.
by Aric Allen via YouTube on June 14, 2015
A woman waving to a man who is joining passing soldiers. From the sheet music for "The Soldier's Farewell to His Bride," 1864.
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The Woman’s War

Gender dynamics on the home front, and the ways in which the Civil War is distinct from other American conflicts.
via BackStory on March 31, 2011

JFK Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address remains one of the most famous presidential speeches.
by John Fitzgerald Kennedy via JFK Presidential Library on January 20, 1961
Lincoln giving Gettysburg Address.

The Gettysburg Address

In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history.
via Voices Of Democracy on November 19, 1863

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