The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, ...
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
Join us on an adventure that takes us deep into the heart of history. With our trusty metal detectors in hand, we venture into areas steeped in American Civil War lore. Our journey is filled with ...
“Freedom” is a word Americans like to use to define their national identity. But what exactly is freedom and to whom is it ...
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Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not.
Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.
The government is larger today than it was back then, so there was less interest on the part of the oligarchs of the day to ...
All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...
The widespread political purges of the early 1950s echo clearly today. Seventy years ago, the reasonable pretext of hunting ...
The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.
While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...
President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.