This article first appeared in Stars and Stripes, May 9, 2014. It is republished unedited in its original form. In his spare Washington apartment, author and popular historian Andrew Carroll stood ...

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 ...

The “Today in history” feature on Page A2 of the June 29 LNP | LancasterOnline states: “1946: Authorities in British-ruled Palestine arrested more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists ...

There’s power in remembering the past. That’s why families, schools, colleges, and friends hold reunions teeming with more old stories than there are mosquitoes on a hot Iowa evening. Those stories ...

A few years ago, an auction house in Boston, Massachusetts, sold a two-page letter written from Newark that was dated March 1834. The letter included a hand-drawn map of the downtown area. It is ...

According to a recent article in your paper, a Livingston Parish School Board resolution states, “'Pertinent instruction regarding history of racism and inequality in America should not purport to ...

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 ...

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 ...