Tag: History

A wax likeness of the renowned abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet Ross Tubman is unveiled at the Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds in Washington in celebration of Black History Month, Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

Biden administration ‘exploring ways to speed up’ process of placing Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

Zach Halaschak · January 25, 2021 9:04 pm

John Neagle portrait of Joseph Winters, a Revolutionary War soldier who found himself alone and forgotten at the end of his life. His portrait and story is part of the Anderson House exhibition on American soldiers.

The lone wanderers of the Revolution

Salena Zito · January 22, 2021 9:13 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

How to drink like Winston Churchill

Eric Felten · January 22, 2021 4:00 am

New York City, April 22, 2012: Three yellow cabs pass in front of the New York Times headquarters in New York as the street light turns to green.

Beltway Confidential

The media are lying about the 1776 Report

Kaylee McGhee White · January 19, 2021 9:31 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Netflix’s Regency raunch

Graham Hillard · January 15, 2021 4:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

OK, boomers

Park MacDougald · January 15, 2021 4:00 am

Employees of a food service company contracted by the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of American History will join Unite Here. (AP File)

Smithsonian preserving artifacts related to Capitol siege

Carly Roman · January 14, 2021 10:00 pm

A protester unleashes a smoke grenade in front of the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington on Jan. 6.

Magazine - Features

Trump vs. the rule of law

Jonathan Tobin · January 8, 2021 4:05 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

How do you map a world at war?

Eric Felten · January 8, 2021 4:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Our crisis of liberalism is not like the last one

Blake Smith · January 8, 2021 4:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

A history of gin

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2021 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

What George Washington did on this day, 237 years ago, changed the world

Richard Lim · December 23, 2020 11:00 am