An elderly man behind me in the checkout line at the grocery store asked me what I do. When I […]
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An elderly man behind me in the checkout line at the grocery store asked me what I do. When I […]
“WALKER, Mary Edwards (Nov. 26, 1832 – Feb. 21, 1919), Civil War medical worker, dress reformer, and eccentric.” So begins […]
This month, National Poetry Month, we encounter a poem both contemporary and historical — “Pink Hollyhocks,” a piece from Diane […]
In the twenty-four hour news cycle we live in, we frequently are treated to instantaneous images of disasters unfolding around […]
With its odd combination of tradition and invention, its appeals to the past and to the future, its ancestor worship […]
In November 1820, the Reverend John Marsh delivered a Thanksgiving Day sermon in Haddam, Connecticut that couldn’t have been more […]
It’s hard to be a historian these days without constantly hearing about the supposed irrelevance of your work. After all, it […]
I was returning from a productive, fun academic conference in Tampa, Florida last March, getting in on a 7:35 flight […]
In February of this year, Urban Outfitters began selling a tapestry covered with faded gray stripes and adorned with pink […]
Many Americans could tell you that George Washington was tall and that he had false teeth. Why? Although he is […]