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History Matters
November 1 to November 15, 2019

November 1, 2019

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Author David Bruce Smith and Debra Dunn, Executive Director, French-American Cultural Foundation, Discuss Abigail & John

October 28, 2019

Michael Poliakoff of ACTA's Higher Ed Now interviews David Bruce Smith, CEO and founder of the Grateful American Foundation and...

Patriotic Pick for October 2019

Patriotic Picks

October 25, 2019

Whether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.” Here are three such titles for this...

Hamilton pushed for impeachment powers. Trump is what he had in mind.

October 18, 2019 by Ron Chernow for The Washington Post

He wanted a strong president — and a way to get rid of the demagogic ones.

History Matters
October 16 to October 31, 2019

October 16, 2019

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

It was the nation’s largest auction of enslaved people. Now, a search for descendants of the ‘weeping time.’

October 12, 2019 by Michael E. Ruane for The Washington Post

Historians Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Swanson are writing a new account of the notorious 1859 auction of 429...

Abigail & John: American History Profoundly Portrayed in a Children’s Book

October 8, 2019

ACTA's Michael Poliakoff joins David Bruce Smith of the Grateful American Foundation and Martha Meehan Cohen of the Supreme Court...

History Matters
October 1 to October 15, 2019

October 1, 2019

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

2019 Grateful American Book Prize Winner Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor

September 25, 2019

For her book "The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor"

2019 Grateful American Book Prize Winner Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor

September 24, 2019

The winner of the 2019 Grateful American Book Prize is Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, for “The Beloved World...

‘He lies like a dog’: The first effort to impeach a president was led by his own party

September 23, 2019 by Ronald G. Shafer for The Washington Post

Long before President Donald Trump, there was President John Tyler

Patriotic Pick for September 2019

Patriotic Picks

September 20, 2019

Whether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.” Here are three such titles for this...

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