Tag: History

Led by a British soldier, a line of German prisoners of war is marched along a barbed-wire barricaded lane as they arrive at a POW camp somewhere in England in June 1944.

Britain’s largest World War II POW camp uncovered in an English forest

Tim Pearce · July 4, 2019 11:31 pm

Beltway Confidential

The forgotten history of how we came to celebrate July 4

J. Mark Powell · July 4, 2019 11:06 am

Inventor James Watt (left) and moral philosopher Adam Smith (right) are shown.

Beltway Confidential

This Fourth of July, celebrate the other 1776 revolutions everyone forgets about too

Bruce Yandle · July 4, 2019 10:23 am

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts answers questions during an event.

Chief justice wisely gets courts out of redistricting politics

Michael Barone · July 3, 2019 3:03 am

The Peace Cross remains, and we’ve not forgotten history

Julio Bermudez and Travis Price · July 2, 2019 4:15 pm

Former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick is seated on stage during W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremonies.

Nike pulls shoe with Betsy Ross American flag thanks to Colin Kaepernick

Julio Rosas · July 2, 2019 12:22 am

Juan de Mariana

The Hispanic roots of the American Revolution

Johannes Schmidt · July 1, 2019 4:03 pm

Donald Trump and Jimmy Carter are shown.

That was fast: Donald Trump-Jimmy Carter détente crumbles

David Mark · June 29, 2019 1:42 pm

The Bladensburg Cross is seen in Maryland.

The Lemon is squeezed dry

Michael Barone · June 26, 2019 10:03 pm

Former President Gerald Ford appears during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego.

Father (Ford) knows best

Noemie Emery · June 26, 2019 5:58 pm

Dewey Decimal System founder expunged from library award over racism and anti-Semitism

Tim Pearce · June 24, 2019 9:24 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers an address.

Beltway Confidential

Condemned for Holocaust comparison, AOC has a ready excuse to avoid touring Auschwitz

Becket Adams · June 24, 2019 8:03 pm