Tag: American History

Vintage illustration of an Aztec priest removing the heart of a victim as a sacrifice to the gods; engraving, 1889.

Beltway Confidential

When will Democrats recognize the brutal murder and genocide committed by Native Americans?

Christopher Tremoglie · October 13, 2026 9:24 am

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Martha MacCallum and the stories that define us

Salena Zito · October 12, 2026 4:21 pm

Collage of President Donald Trump and the Columbus Memorial Fountain in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump has done more to preserve Christopher Columbus’s legacy than any other president

Christopher Tremoglie · October 12, 2026 12:38 pm

Left to right, Dr. Anne LaBastille is shown with dog, Condor, in the Adirondacks in 1985; Georgie White stands on rocks in the Colorado River; Dolores LaChapelle on the slopes in Alta, Utah, in the early 1960s. (AP photo; Josef Muench/Northern Arizona University/Courtesy of the National Park Service; WildSnow History Archive)

‘Fierce Country’ profiles three women drawn to the great outdoors

Emma Collins · October 11, 2026 7:03 am

Edith Wilson's birthplace.

Take the Wilderness Road and you’ll find the Appalachian first lady who fooled Washington

Salena Zito · October 9, 2026 8:31 pm

The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York.

TikTok didn’t destroy 9/11 history. Our classrooms did

Eric Wargotz · October 6, 2026 10:00 am

America 250

2026 White House collectible holiday ornament for America 250 released

Mackenzie Chase · October 5, 2026 3:42 pm

The home of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, during the 1860 presidential campaign. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

‘He Has the People’ is a fascinating look at Lincoln’s rise to the presidency

Carl Paulus · October 4, 2026 5:45 am

Thomas Jefferson statue on the Hofstra University campus.

They framed Thomas Jefferson — then their DNA ‘proof’ collapsed

William G. Hyland Jr. · September 27, 2026 9:00 am

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The uses and misuses of Alexander Hamilton

Mackubin Owens · September 27, 2026 6:30 am

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‘Your Fellow Americans’ uncovers the country beneath our feet

Erin Montgomery · September 27, 2026 5:30 am

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‘The Death of Religion?’ sounds an optimistic note about faith

Conn Carroll · September 27, 2026 5:05 am