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Cover of Matthew Avery Sutton's "American Apocalypse" featuring a drawing of people being raptured.

Back to the Fundamentals

Apocalyptic thinking in early Christian fundamentalism.

via BackStory on December 14, 2012

Police car.

The Orchestra

What are the origins of the mechanical siren?

by George Prochnik via Cabinet on March 1, 2011

“Destroyer and Teacher”: Managing the Masses During the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic

Revisiting the public health lessons learned during the 1918–1919 pandemic and reflecting on their relevance for the present.

by Nancy Tomes via PubMed Central on April 1, 2010

William Jennings Bryan, c. 1910s.

All You Need Is Love

The complex history, career, and legacy of one of America's most popular speakers and reformers.

by Ronald Steel via New York Review of Books on June 22, 2006

A picture of a woman at a protest against Islamophobia.

The Most Patriotic Act

A warning from September 2001 about government overreach in the name of national security.

by Eric Foner via The Nation on September 20, 2001

Making the Memorial

Maya Lin recounts the experience of creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

by Maya Lin via New York Review of Books on November 2, 2000

Henry Ford, the Wayside Inn, and the Problem of 'History Is Bunk'

Debunking the quotation that inspired our name.

by Roger Butterfield via Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society on June 1, 1965

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