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‘Author in Chief’ Review:
The Oval Office Book Club

February 8, 2020 by Thomas Mallon for The Wall Street Journal

Our presidents ranked not by their political achievements but by their literary chops.

This map helped George Washington win the Revolutionary War. Now it’s on display at Mount Vernon.

February 7, 2020 by Michael E. Ruane for The Washington Post

A huge collection of historic maps has been donated to the estate

Have We Deviated From John Adams’s Vision for Education, or Is the System too Sick to Fix?

February 3, 2020

Author David Bruce Smith interviews Grace Leatherman, Executive Director, National Council for History Education

History Matters
February 1 to February 15, 2020

February 1, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised.

January 23, 2020 by Philip Kennicott for The Washington Post

By blurring out details from protest signs in an image of the 2017 Women’s March, it has damaged the faith...

The chief justice who presided over the first presidential impeachment trial thought it was political spectacle

January 22, 2020 by Michael S. Rosenwald for The Washington Post

As Trump’s trial gets set to begin, the spotlight is inevitably turning — just as it did with Johnson —...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020

January 19, 2020

The Grateful American Foundation remembers Martin Luther King Jr. on his 91st birthday.

Martha Meehan-Cohen and David Bruce Smith Discuss Washington, Adams & Marshall

January 17, 2020

They talked about John Marshall, George Washington, and John Adams.

History Matters
January 16 to January 31, 2020

January 16, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why

January 15, 2020 by Ron Charles for The Washington Post

The New York Public Library has just released the titles of the 10 most checked-out books in its 125-year history.

Liberal arts education: Waste of money or practical investment?

January 14, 2020 by Susan Svrluga for The Washington Post

A study finds that over the course of a career, a liberal arts education is remarkably practical.

History Matters
January 1 to January 15, 2020

January 1, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

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