President Ronald Reagan smiles and waves shortly before he is shot outside the Washington Hilton hotel in March 1981. Corbis via Getty Images
by Shannon...
Lincoln’s words and legacy are often invoked by U.S. politicians in times of crisis. Marc Dozier/The Image Bank via Getty Images
by Donald Nieman, Binghamton...
Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History Center
by Kris Manjapra, Tufts University
The...
The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.
− an art historian explains
by Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross
The striking Emancipation Memorial statue in...
When the last Monday of May comes around, Americans fire up the grill, welcome the upcoming summer season, and most importantly, honor U.S. soldiers...
Dead soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg in July of 1863.
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by Alauna Safarpour, Northeastern University
Over the July Fourth long weekend,...
More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War.
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by Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a...
by George R. Goethals, University of Richmond
Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally...
