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Remembering Beverly Cleary

April 12, 1916 - March 25, 2021

History Matters
March 16 to March 31, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

In Lady Bird Johnson’s Secret Diaries,
a Despairing President and
a Crucial Spouse

March 11, 2021 by Peter Baker for The New York Times

A new book reveals how the former first lady not only provided a spouse’s emotional ballast but also served as...

History Matters
March 1 to March 15, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

In Honor of Women’s History Month

Several organizations join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American...

History Matters
February 16 to February 28, 2021

February 16, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

The Classics Survived University Witch Hunts Before, And Will Do It Again

February 16, 2021 by Michael Poliakoff for The Federalist

The Princeton inquisition comes not for those who lapse from Christian habits but for those who fail to recite the...

Hidden for a Century,
a Susan B. Anthony Portrait Is Found

February 15, 2021 by Maria Cramer for The New York Times

Last year, David Whitcomb bought a building for $100,000 in Geneva, N.Y. He discovered a trove of photographs tucked away...

The New Iconoclasm and the Absence of Meaning

February 5, 2021 by Ed Lengel

The symbol of the new tomorrow remains for the most part an empty space, only occasionally lit by the flicker...

History Matters
February 1 to February 15, 2021

February 1, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

Remembering Jackie Robinson

January 31, 2021

January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972

Treasury Resuming Efforts to Put
Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill

January 25, 2021 by Ken Thomas for the Wall Street Journal

Redesign had been pushed by Obama administration but wasn’t completed during Trump’s tenure

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