George Washington

Schools closed, handshaking ceased and people wore handkerchiefs over their faces as the virus ravaged what was then the nation’s capital.

The revolution wasn’t only an effort to establish independence from the British—it was also a push to preserve slavery and suppress Native American resistance.

History suggests the value of a broader understanding of patriotism, one that goes beyond saluting-the-flag loyalty and battlefield bravery.

The Seneca Nation and the building of the Kinzua Dam.

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized that Imperial expansion over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slavery.

The Founding Father’s account of the Constitutional Convention includes a famous conversation about causes for impeachment.

From rum to cakes to rowdy parades, election day was a time for gathering and celebration.

In favor of wrestling with the most difficult aspects of our history.

At a colonial debutante ball in Texas, girls wear 100 pound dresses and pretend to be Martha Washington. What does it mean to find yourself in the in-between?

Since the founding, Congress has supported democracy and public integrity by protecting those who spoke up about abuses of power.

William Barr’s long struggle against congressional oversight.

It’s doubtful even Alexander Hamilton believed what he was selling in “Federalist No. 68.”

America won its freedom thanks to strong alliances.

1776 began as a petty squabble among odious and powerful elites. It soon became the lodestar of emancipatory movements everywhere.

How was the Fourth of July celebrated during the Revolutionary War?

Executive power and the Constitution.

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?

The Lee and Jackson statues were erected not to mourn their deaths, but to glorify their character.

An anti-imperialist network made his warning possible.