There are many important lessons and truths to be learned from the Civil War. With Nana’s Civil War Hands-On Homeschool Lessons and the accompanying I Drew It Then I Knew It... The post Civil War Hands-On Homeschool Lessons And Workbook appeared first on You ARE an ARTiST!.| You ARE an ARTiST!
Paul Gottfried is a great man, and you should read this book. He has spent decades offering a consistent political message, paleoconservatism, a name he coined. Of itself, his philosophy would certainly be of interest, an important thread in decades of ferment on the Right. What makes Gottfried and his thought unique, however, is that […] The post The Essential Paul Gottfried: Essays from 1984–2024 (Paul Gottfried) first appeared on The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past.| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white C…| Righting America
If you love American history, our city is for you. In my youth, I wondered how so much American history […] The post Seeing America’s history in Philadelphia — while you still can appeared first on Broad + Liberty.| Broad + Liberty
Aug. 28 1845: The first issue of “Scientific American” magazine was published; it remains the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. 1898: Pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina, renamed his carbonated [...] The post This week in history: Aug. 28-Sept.3 first appeared on The North State Journal.| The North State Journal
With many in the Trump administration alluding to the impending declassification of the Epstein files, much doesn't make sense about their stalled release.| Grunge - History, Crime, Science, & Strange News
One year later, we're still learning new things about the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, who went on to win the presidency for a second term.| Grunge - History, Crime, Science, & Strange News
The Rare Books Department is excited to welcome U back to campus! Want to make your semester 110% more interesting? (Okay, that’s not an official statistic, but it feels true.) Book a visit to our Special Collections reading room, or convince your professor to bring...| J. Willard Marriott Library Blog | The Book [of Mormon] as Material Object
Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser— In May 2024 at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., recalled that, during the pandemic, he was asked whether... READ MORE The post “Worse Things Than Dying”: The Entangled History of the Anti-Mask and Anti-Vaccination Movements appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Turning 90 this month, Social Security remains one of the most popular federal social programs, as a large majority of Americans oppose cuts to its benefits, which are allocated to... READ MORE The post Social Security at 90: Looking Back, Looking Forward by Daniel Béland appeared first on University Press of Kansas.| University Press of Kansas
On August 14, 2025, the Social Security Act reaches its 90th birthday, a milestone that few social programs achieve. As an academic historian, born in 1950, I have become something... READ MORE The post Social Security: Origin, Accomplishments, & Threats to the 90-Year-Old Act by Edward D. Berkowitz appeared first on University Press of Kansas.| University Press of Kansas
Today’s political conversations often celebrate isolationism. Oddly, the 1920s are still widely considered isolationist even though that depiction was| University Press of Kansas
Israel’s starvation of Gaza builds on lessons learned throughout history: Keep people hungry and they’ll demand bread, not freedom| Prism
Explore the legacy of Audie Murphy through the Colt Bisley Colt Bisley revolver, a symbol of courage and resilience.| Buffalo Bill Center of the West
In 'Something Between Us,' anthropologist Anand Pandian explores the walls that divide America| The Hub
What eighty years ago was a gleam in the eyes of manifesto-writing politicians, disgruntled intellectuals, and long-suffering political operatives, has, in 2025, become a force with the power to suspend... READ MORE The post The Real Threat to Dismantling DEI by Mike Steve Collins appeared first on University Press of Kansas.| University Press of Kansas
When I wrote Citizenship and Democratic Doubt more than twenty years ago, I was convinced that the Progressive tradition provides the resources for| University Press of Kansas
On being grateful for this weird and wonderful experiment.| colemanm.org
Michael Gubser— In March 2025, I spoke at a career day for Virginia high school students interested in international affairs. Many of the seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds in my session were... READ MORE| Yale University Press
John G. Turner— Joseph Smith (1805–1844), the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, published the Book of Mormon, which became a scripture alongside the Bible... READ MORE| Yale University Press
We are delighted to have Thomas W. Jodziewicz on the blog to discuss his book The Correspondence of John Carroll and Charles Plowden, 1779–1816. Thomas Jodziewicz is distinguished professor emeritus of the Department of History at the University of Dallas. The post Interview with Thomas W. Jodziewicz appeared first on Catholic University of America Press.| Catholic University of America Press
The post July 20, 2025: Phil Marshall / Keith King NVBDC appeared first on Veterans Radio.| Veterans Radio
On June 14, an estimated five million people joined the “No Kings” protests to object to President Donald Trump’s anti-democratic maneuvers. But an appeal to democracy doesn’t resonate with die-hard... READ MORE The post Do Christian Nationalists Want King Trump? by Rebecca Barrett-Fox appeared first on University Press of Kansas.| University Press of Kansas
Travis Glasson— This year marks the beginning of a series of 250th anniversaries of the events of the American Revolution. These anniversaries, which will spool out against the backdrop of... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Thomas A. Tweed— Did George Washington kneel in prayer at Valley Forge, as this image suggests? Before and after this 1866 engraving was printed in New York, some pious Americans... READ MORE| Yale University Press
The elegant triumphal arch that graces the southern end of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza near Prospect Park bears few obvious hallmarks of the fraught process that brought it to fruition.... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Calvin Schermerhorn— “I felt no real safety South of Canada,” Henry Goings recalled as he gazed at Canada across the Detroit River, “for there is none to the colored man... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Today’s Final Jeopardy answer (American History) and statistics for Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (Joey Quismorio, Jay Borsom, Stella Trout).| The Jeopardy! Fan
Among the first books I read, when around five years of age, were some written by my great uncle, Charles Frye Haywood, after whom I am named. He was a lawyer in Lynn, Massachusetts, but his life’s interest was men and events related to Colonial times, especially sailing vessels. This is no surprise, perhaps, given| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
The son of an immigrant, Charles Evans Hughes was more concerned about immigrant issues than most Progressives. He never forgot how Benjamin Franklin’s| University Press of Kansas
Yesterday I did as I have regularly done for 16 years now, and replaced my Wednesday| In Medias Res
When Trump won in 2016, I was genuinely flummoxed—disappointed and angry and frustrated as well, of course, but mostly just confused. It signaled the breakdown of practically every electoral pattern that I'd spent the previous 25 years schooling myself in. One of the results was that, while I'm not sure I ever fully believed all the screams about Trump as a Russian agent and all the other "resistance" stuff (what if Clinton called upon the Electoral College to reject Trump as unfit and just...| In Medias Res
[A slightly different version of this essay appears in Current.]| In Medias Res
If you have been following the news of late, you know that we just marked the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution. The famous “shot heard round the world”...| Genealogical.com
How Aaron Burr Created a "Reservoir" of Cash for Thomas Jefferson| Space Commune
The US is experiencing a state of turmoil. Discontent is everywhere. Pundits are openly considering whether the republic can survive the state of crisis.| University Press of Kansas
The Lend-lease Debate in Cartoon Form No. What, you wanted details? Ugh, fine. If you insist. If you’ve spent a lot of time in left-wing political discussion spaces online, this is an argumen…| Goldwag's Journal on Civilization
Matthew Bowman— Late in the night of September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home on a lonely state road in central New Hampshire when they saw a... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Shelley Fisher Fishkin— Teaching America’s past and present in all its complexity has never been an easy task, but this challenge has become more difficult than ever, as more than... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Donald L. Fixico— On April 4, 1968, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began the largest manhunt in the history of the agency. At 6:01 p.m. that day, on the second-floor... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Every so often, some cretin threatens me on X, formerly known as Twitter. These soyboy types tend to lead by saying I appear weak and fragile. I doubt I would lose a physical fight, certainly against these degenerate specimens, even though it has been many years since I actually fought. I may be aging, but| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
It is common knowledge that the vast majority of sociology is completely worthless, or worse than worthless, and that “social science” is an oxymoron. Still, the study of the societies of man can be a worthwhile discipline, as a branch of humanities, not the sciences. To be sure, the number of modern authors writing in| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
I’ve written earlier about the recent William & Mary Quarterly Forum, whose contributors proposed getting rid of the term “early America”—not least out of a desire to stop teaching American history. Everything I wrote then is true enough, but it was written in a more polemical mode. I want to return to the subject to […]| Minding The Campus
Joel P. Christensen— Social media was abuzz with rumor and speculation in the run-up to the November 2024 U.S. presidential election. When hurricanes Helene and Milton struck the southeastern United... READ MORE| Yale University Press
If twenty-first-century America has an idol, a graven image we collectively worship, it is Gross Domestic Product. All discussion about the flourishing of our nation is reduced to GDP, and its increase seen as an ironclad refutation of any who question whether America is, in fact, flourishing. But GDP, as today calculated, is largely fake,| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
By Jarrett Stepman ~ America is so back. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a task force to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, which …| PA Pundits International
Today is a day of no TV for me. On Inauguration Day, 2025 my TV goes dark. Other than 2017, for over 50 years I have watched with pride every televised presidential swearing-in. Whether on …| Envisioning The American Dream
Learn how you can use Infobase's databases and other resources to hold a trivia challenge in your classroom.| Infobase
In the beginning days of the settling of America, slavery was a world-wide phenomenon that had plagued humanity since its early days. But the conscience of Christians began to be troubled by the practice and gradually what had always been had to be undone forever. Welcome to the introductory episode of our series Waters Troubled, […]| The Brophisticate
Campus intolerance and indoctrination began long ago. The post University Propaganda first appeared on Independence Institute. The post University Propaganda appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
Presidential Succession traces the history from the 1787 founding of the American constitutional republic to the present. It covers the relevant provisions of the Constitution, associated laws, and how they worked in practice. It also traces the history of presidential protection, with special emphasis on the evolving role of the Secret Service, plus sections on continuity of government and mass Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
When young Josiah Penn Stockbridge accepts the position as aide-de-camp to George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he thinks only of the glory and romance of battle. He is unprepared for the reality of America’s bloody fight for independence. The Continental Army is starving, underpaid, and dangerously close to mutiny, and Washington fights not just to defeat Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
I have long been fascinated by the wars between the European settlers of America and those whom they conquered and displaced, the American Indians. I grew up near a famous battlefield memorial of those wars; maybe that is the reason I have often wondered why it is that in North America, unlike in other conquered| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
Never in history has targeted violence by individuals or small groups, killings and bombings, what the Russians once called “propaganda of the deed,” ever led to the replacement of a governing system, or even triggered significant societal change. Yet for the Left such acts have proved irresistible since the mid-nineteenth century. In keeping with this| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
For many Americans, the Constitution is their spirit animal, which protects and guides them. Never mind that how we are ruled bears very little resemblance to the actual Constitution, or that the Regime pays no attention whatsoever to it, except as an inconvenient speed bump on their way to imposing complete Left dominance. Conservatives nonetheless| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
In 1886, during a miles-long parade celebrating the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, office workers in lower Manhattan began heaving ticker tape out the windows, creating a magical, blizzard-like landscape. That tradition stuck. Today that particular corridor of Broadway — connecting Battery Park to City Hall — is known as the “Canyon of Heroes”… Read More| The Bowery Boys: New York City History
It is valuable for a historian to consider the different mediums through which we can analyse history, with music acting as a crucial tool for interpretation. By examining the themes, emotions, and cultural contexts reflected in musical works, historians can gain deeper insights into the social and political dynamics of the time. While governments rushed to develop increasingly destructive weapons in the nuclear arms race, musicians and artists alike embraced popular culture to confront the u...| Humanities & Heritage
Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas— The greatest political paradox of our time is this: there are more elections than ever before, and yet the world is becoming less democratic. Nowadays,... READ MORE| Yale University Press
February 2024 will mark the 206th or 207th birthday (more on that later) of the famous activist, orator, and author Frederick Douglass. The entire January issue of COBBLESTONE is devoted to his fascinating life and career and the impact he left on the nation. But how much do you really know about this iconic figure […]| Cricket Media, Inc.
Zizi Papacharissi— The 2024 US presidential elections cycle may be its shortest: 3 months. This may be a good thing. There is much about this presidential cycle that grants it... READ MORE| Yale University Press
The following remarks were delivered at the fourth annual Jefferson Davis Conference at Mount Crawford, Virginia on June 27, 2024.| Abbeville Institute
A Critique of Thomas Fleming’s The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation| Abbeville Institute
Professor Robert Slayton, the “elder statesman” of Chapman University’s History Department, passed away Dec. 22, 2023.| Chapman Newsroom
The terror attacks of September 11, 2001, have been exhaustively investigated, but some things about that day and its fallout are still puzzling.| Grunge
Notgrass Exploring America provides a thorough education in American history and covers Bible, literature, and history all in one. Here is a comprehensive review.| Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers
Brooks Lamb— Not long after I settled into a socially distanced spot outside the tent, the auctioneer began to work. He explained the sale rules and answered questions from the... READ MORE| Yale University Press
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The already-dilapidated S.S. Point Reyes suffered more damage during the recent storms that pummeled the coast| Smithsonian Magazine
There's one man who has correctly predicted the winners of the last nine out of 10 U.S. presidential campaigns - and been likened to Nostradamus.| Grunge
Things you might not know about America's sixth president| Shannon Selin
If you were taking a trip before the dawn of rail travel, you’d likely be stopping at a post-house.| Shannon Selin
While Boston landmarks like the Old North Church still stand, the Liberty Tree, gone for nearly 250 years, has been lost to history| Smithsonian Magazine
Decades after the Challenger disaster killed all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, there are still things that defy explanation.| Grunge
General George Patton was a complicated figure who excelled as a WWII commander but could also be a loose cannon. Here's what happened to his body.| Grunge
A new book from historian Sarah Churchwell examines the etymologies of two ubiquitous phrases| Smithsonian Magazine
Today I am not going to bust many myths (although there are a few of those in this tale). Rather, I’m going to tell you a straight history story. But it’s| Professor Buzzkill
When the Xerox 914 entered offices, the working world changed forever| Smithsonian Magazine
Timothy Garton Ash— As our small group of European experts stood with President George W. Bush on the Truman balcony of the White House one fine May day in 2001,... READ MORE| Yale University Press
It may be a bit of mystery why we care so much about Roe. The Court has issued other blockbuster opinions, and they have mostly faded into obscurity. Debates about... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Infobase’s history resources are rich with relevant content on core topics in the academic curriculum. Use them to support your lessons.| Infobase
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Headlines from The New York Times reveal how the nation and the world commemorated Independence Day in what had already been a tumultuous year| Smithsonian Magazine
April 19 marked the anniversary of the American Revolution – specifically, the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The American Declaration of Independence justifies the rebellion by listing “a long train of abuses and usurpations [revealing] a design to reduce [the colonists] under absolute Despotism.” It explains the nature of these various abuses and usurpations as […]| Starting Points
The beautiful town of Princeton is known for its historic mansions, academic institutions, and majestic scenery. Beyond the famed Battle fields of the Revolutionary War and university buildings dating back to the 17 and 1800’s, Princeton’s incredible homes that long pre-date the Gilded Age still stand strong. Most of these homes are still privately owned. […]| The Gilded Butler
Why did the United States believe it had a responsibility to engage the Soviet Union in a cold war, and why was that war a global conflict? The post NSC 68: America’s Cold War Blueprint appeared first on America in Class.| America in Class
What challenges, both rhetorical and diplomatic, did Secretary of State George Marshall face when, on June 5, 1947, he delivered his speech, calling for a massive aid program to restore the economies of Europe that had been ravaged by World War II? The post The Marshall Plan Speech: Rhetoric and Diplomacy appeared first on America in Class.| America in Class
In June 2023, at the 104th meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society, I delivered a plenary talk about the history of American ornithology, in which I identified Moses Williams (1777–1825), who …| Matthew R. Halley
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Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis informed decades of scholarship and culture. Then he realized he was wrong| Smithsonian Magazine
Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin| Smithsonian Magazine
Where some people see a place to exchange vows, all I see is the enslavement of my ancestors. Do they not know the history, or do they simply not care?| BuzzFeed News
Explore the historic saga of Chinese immigrants and issues of race, cultural identity and assimilation at the heart of an increasingly diverse America.| BillMoyers.com
The longest and most profitable expedition (in new species, if not subscribers) of Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), the Scottish-born poet and author of American Ornithology 9 vols. (1808–1814), began…| Matthew R. Halley
Today’s episode in the history of American science takes a closer look at Richard Harlan (1796–1843), namesake of Harlan’s Hawk (Falco harlani Audubon), which most ornithologists consid…| Matthew R. Halley
