Letters were how people processed the world before text messages and emails condensed our thoughts into brief communication ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Elaine Kahaner’s June 15 letter, “Remember who the real enemy in Gaza is,” ...

When I finished grad school in the early ’80s, I studied primary source documents to discover what our Founding Fathers and others in early American history actually wrote, believed or did. Thus, I ...

I recently visited Millersylvania State Park, near Olympia. Founded in 1923, the park lies within the original territories of the Coast Salish Indigenous people. In 1934, 10 years after the park’s ...

Dec. 3—Located in Fort Sumner, known as the place where Billy the Kid was buried, the Bosque Redondo Memorial is a reminder of the history behind the Long Walk — when Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero ...

Editor: They say that ignoring the lessons of history is the best way to pretend it does not exist. In our society, unfortunately, not enough emphasis exists in the studying of history and therefore ...

Alphabet in Motion,’ a new book from designer Kelli Anderson, uses pop-ups to show how letters got their shapes. Have you ...

Studying history is important because it allows us to understand our past, which allows us to understand our present. History can provide us with insight into our cultures of origin and cultures with ...

Did Iowans choose to lose their history? Probably not. But that is what is happening in their name. With the Reynolds administration’s decision to close the State Historical Society’s longstanding ...

When people say the Second Amendment should be abolished because it was “written for muskets,” they’re ignoring both history and logic. If we applied that reasoning across the Constitution, we’d also ...