With America’s entry into World War I, Decoration Day shed once and for all its distinct association...
History
Going back to May 30, 1868, with “Decoration Day”. Introduction Three years after the Civil War ended,...
From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off...
In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Americans found it difficult to acknowledge a debt or...
Jamestown quickly began expanding beyond the boundaries of the three-sided fort first built on the banks of...
The site for Jamestown was picked for several reasons, all of which met criteria the Virginia Company,...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the contemporary world’s...
‘Wondirful revelacyons’, the moving of the soul through visionary experience, are the subject of Kempe’s narrative. Introduction...
Ancient Greek religious practice was essentially conservative in nature and was based on time-honored observances By Colette...
The first evidence of Persian literature is usually dated to c.522 BCE with the creation of the...
It would appear in later works such as the Atrahasis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and – most...
The history of the American labor movement is a history of external and internal struggle. Abstract This...
Industrialization led to a dramatic increase in child labor. Introduction This explores the dangerous, exhausting work undertaken...
Water appeared at the very beginning of Cherokee cosmology. When anthropologist James Mooney published the first of...
Impacts of the Spanish invasion on the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas. Spanish Treasure In the age...
World War One created thousands of casualties from physical wounds, illness, and emotional trauma. Introduction The First...
Nurses have always been at the forefront during war, epidemics, and other times of disaster. May 12...
One of the most common types of graffiti found lining the streets of Pompeii were political graffiti....
The Amarna letters reveal a treasury of knowledge concerning the political relations and social customs of their...
The site shows evidence of a culture which is more than 8000 years old. By Andela Sormaz...
The footprints of over 20 different prehistoric people show possible evidence for sexual division of labor in...
The idea of such a tower was derided at first as an eyesore, but more “beautification” was...
Examining how the popular media documented the people and activities of the homefront and the battlefront. Originally...
People drank for many different reasons and these reasons ranged across social class, gender, and region. Introduction...
Exploring tea time in the portrait of John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his Family. Because...
In archaic and classical Greece thrones were reserved for the gods and by extension, their priests and...
Examining the Macedonian king in combat. In his account of the preparations for the battle at Granicus,...
To foreigners, he was a fellow traveler who recognized the plight of the oppressed. Introduction A leading...
How the work of African American clubwomen deepens our understanding of the Great Migration and the Progressive...