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13 Fascinating Facts About Abigail Adams

April 3, 2019 by Mark Mancini for Mental Floss

Abigail Adams would go on to become the wife of one President and the mother of another. But it’s Adams’s...

History Matters
April 1 to April 15, 2019

Ponce De Leon, the Spanish explorer, discovered Florida on April 2, 1513 during Easter Week, which in Spanish is celebrated...

A Native American war memorial is coming to Washington

March 31, 2019 by Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post

Native Americans have served in the U.S. military in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War but are often overlooked,...

Newly Discovered Photograph of Harriet Tubman Goes on Display

March 29, 2019 by Laura M. Holson, New York Times

A previously unknown photograph of Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist leader known as the “Moses of her people,” is on display...

How U.S. History is Taught Around the World

March 27, 2019 by Alison Durkee

The pervasiveness of American culture means that people around the world are constantly confronted with U.S. exports, whether through global...

Patriotic Pick for March 2019

Patriotic Picks

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

Want to study abroad? Check out America.

March 12, 2019 by Mitch Daniels for The Washington Post

Yale University, with the goal of producing graduates who have immersed themselves in the ways and the thinking of an...

10 Must-Read Books for Women’s History Month

March 7, 2019 by Amanda Hayes for NBC News

If you’re looking for a way to get involved during Women's History Month, one recommendation is to simply read.

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is Coming to Netflix

March 6, 2019 by Concepción de León, The New York Times

Netflix announced on Wednesday that it had acquired the rights to develop Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal novel “One Hundred Years...

JQA World-Premiere Power Play at Arena Stage

This unique, highly-theatrical play by award-winning playwright Aaron Posner imagines key confrontations between JQA and some of America’s most dynamic...

‘Clara Barton’s Civil War’ and ‘Louisa on the Front Lines Review: Conquering New Territory

March 1, 2019 by Melanie Kirkpatrick, The Wall Street Journal

Nursing was not an organized profession in America until the Civil War created an urgent need for people to care...

NASA Renames Facility After Katherine Johnson of ‘Hidden Figures’ Fame

February 23, 2019 by Elisha Brown, The New York Times

NASA officially renamed a facility in West Virginia after Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician and centenarian whose barrier-breaking career was...

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