Essays

Title Author Issue
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Why Jamestown Matters
 Horn, James Winter 2008
Fire In The Hole
 Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
History and Knowing Who We Are
 McCullough, David Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle”
 Pryor, Elizabeth Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Unlocking History: Treasures of Robert E. Lee Discovered
 Ross, John Winter 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lafayette's Grand American Tour
 Reese, Elizabeth Summer 2024
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Two Years That Made the West
 West, Elliott Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance ”
 Snaith, Holley Summer 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“This Is Not Frivolous, Mr. Chairman”
 Summer 2024
A Bicentennial Blitz for Lafayette
 Reese, Elizabeth Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Revolution Could Have Started Here
 Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Martha Gellhorn Gets Her Story on D-Day
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Did the First Lady Advise the President Not to Run Again?
 Sweig, Julia Summer 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
For America’s 250th Birthday, Let’s Think Local
 Zeiger , Hans Summer 2023
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
De Soto Ravages the South
 Summer 2023
Olmsted “Paints With Lakes”
 Martin, Justin Summer 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Announcing The National Historical Society
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2023
What America Means
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bringing Back the Buffalo
 Morrow, Ann Summer 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Triumphs of a Tuskegee Airman
 Handleman, Philip Summer 2023
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ernie Pyle Digs in at Anzio
 Chrisinger, David Summer 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Who Really Was FDR?
 Summer 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“To Those Brave Men!”
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2022
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
When Abortion Roiled 19th Century New York
 Ackerman, Kenneth Summer 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Black Woman Who Managed Morgan's Millions
 Watson, Bruce Summer 2022
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Brought Opera to America
 Summer 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
American Rebels at Sea
 Dolin, Eric Summer 2022
Pauline Maier on The History of the Fourth
 Editors, The Summer 2022
Discovering American History in Britain
 Edwards, Sam Summer 2022
Trivializing the Medal of Freedom?
 Summer 2022
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Bob Dole and the Nazis’ Brutal Last Stand in Italy
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“Let’s Go,” Said Mrs. Graham. “Let’s Publish”
Summer 2021
Credibility of TV News in Ruin?
 Swift, Claire Summer 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Kamikazes Shock the Allies
 Duffy, James Summer 2021
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
On the Road with the Green Book
 Summer 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Ellsberg's “Magic Potion” to Stop the War
 Oliphant, Thomas Summer 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lafayette: A Hero Among Heroes
 Unger, Harlow Summer 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
How We Exposed the Secret Pentagon Papers
 Summer 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Eleanor Fights Lynching
 Michaelis, David Summer 2021
The House of David: A Midwest Cult That Was REALLY Good at Baseball
 Nicole , Lauren Summer 2019
A Nation with "Collective Amnesia"
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Slideshow of Apollo 11 Photos
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2019
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Best Memoirs of the Great War
 Lengel, Edward Summer 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
McCullough's "The Pioneers"
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2019
Americans in the Spanish Civil War, Last Rough Rider, The '38 Hurricane
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rediscovering Hand-Drawn Maps from the American Revolution and the Duke Who Collected Them
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“What, to the American Slave, Is the Fourth of July?”
 Watson, Bruce Summer 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Remembering Neil Armstrong
 Truly, Richard Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“Let Us Die to Make Men Free”
 Gamble, Richard Summer 2019
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Light-Horse Harry's Tragic Fight for Freedom of the Press
 Cole, Ryan Summer 2019