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The elegy that Nixon had ready ‘in event of moon disaster’

July 15, 2019 by James Mann for The Washington Post

Journalist James Mann found the draft, by William Safire, decades after the Apollo 11 landing.

Seven Finalists Named for $50,000 George Washington Prize

Seven books published in 2018 by the country’s most prominent historians have been named finalists for the 2019 George Washington...

The Declaration of Independence Unites and Divides Us

July 7, 2019 by Jeffrey Rosen for The Wall Street Journal

Since July 4, 1776, Americans have cherished the principles of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”—but disagreed fiercely about...

John Adams Was the Most Ingenuous
Founding Father

July 5, 2019 by Paula Marantz Cohen for The Wall Street Journal

The second president was honest, passionate and far plainer in intention than Washington and Jefferson.

Independence Day 2019

Happy 243rd Birthday from the Grateful American Foundation.

History Matters
July 1 to July 15, 2019

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

The Invention of the Summer Road Trip

June 29, 2019 by Jeff Guinn for The Wall Street Journal

A century ago, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and friends introduced Americans to the fun of ‘autocamping.’

A gay first lady? Yes, we’ve already had one, and here are her love letters.

June 23, 2019 by Gillian Brockell for The Washington Post

The letters, preserved by the caretaker at Evangeline’s Minnesota home, are collected in a new book, “Precious and Adored: The...

Enough With Hamilton, Say Fans of Other Founding Fathers

June 23, 2019 by Valerie Bauerlein and Cameron McWhirter for The Wall Street Journal

Success of Broadway show steals limelight from Jefferson, Franklin and others; ‘not a lot of demand for James Madison’

Patriotic Pick for June 2019

Patriotic Picks

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

History Matters
June 16 to June 30, 2019

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

D-Day Remembered

The Grateful American Foundation remembers all of the men and women who fought—and died—for our freedom.

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