By the end of the century, Congress had authorized a national archive of maps. Introduction In the...
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This was the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America...
Women spies of the American Revolution. Introduction Throughout the Revolutionary War, there are stories of heroism; those...
Two wives of the American Revolution – one a patriot, one a spy. By Victoria Cooney Lucy...
Examining some myths about women during the Revolutionary War and trying to find the truth. We all...
An 18th-century guide taught Americans how to eat simply but sumptuously. By Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald...
They may not have been hosting a cookout, but they did know how to imbibe and celebrate....
The planet that we live on is so vast and wonderful that sometimes, we tend to forget...
This informative article provides smart prompts about how to acquire student entrepreneur grants to initiate your own...
Poe’s story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the...
A full reading of Poe’s work. By Edgar Allan Poe (1842) The Masque of the Red Death...
We need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even deadlier—from Kabul to Atlanta...
The militarization of the U.S. police and its increasing use of deadly violence has been largely imported...
Exploring the knot of spiritual dilemmas played out in the poem and its roots in Melville’s trip...
Jewish practitioners participated in the exchange of knowledge between Christian and Muslim writers and practitioners. The Book...
While Antony was consul, it appeared that little could be accomplished. Cicero was concerned about his own...
During the chaotic latter half of the first century BCE, Cicero championed a return to the traditional...
Alexander McKenzie’s plot to corner Alaska’s gold proved to be the last great swindle of the original...
White southerners looked to contemporary European nationalist movements and compared the South to aspiring nations abroad. The...
Visual access to real women’s bodies was strictly policed in the Renaissance, particularly in Italy. The relationship...
Museum and academic scholars are key players in the fight for contextualized and equitable perspectives of black...
Ancient Egyptians valued hygiene and proper medical care. Introduction Medical practice in ancient Egypt was so advanced...
The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt around 440 BCE and wrote extensively of his observations of their...
He ruined the reputations and lives of many people by accusing them without credible evidence. Introduction McCarthyism...
One from 1917 to 1920, and another longer one from 1947 to 1957 with Joseph McCarthy’s infamous...
In the Elizabethan age privateers were sailors and adventurers who scoured the Caribbean and Atlantic for treasure...
Drake was on an official mission to find a trade route – and a secret mission from...
In his Tulsa speech and an interview Trump previews his hate-fueled, if incoherent, 2020 campaign strategy. By...
The field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire. “This is the soil...
The Gaulish language and cultural identity underwent a syncretism with the Roman culture of the new governing...