Inspiration for the Modern Revolutionary
When does our right to personal privacy interfere with national security? Is surveillance of civilians acceptable? Americans still wrestle with these questions just as we did in the nation’s earliest days.
In the 18th century, those debates frequently occurred at the tavern. So we’ve taken issues that resonate today and imagined how those conversations might have sounded between people of that time….
To commemorate Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night 1776, we present this excerpt from Why the Turkey Didn’t Fly: The Surprising Stories Behind the Eagle, the Flag, Uncle Sam, and Other Images of America, by Paul Aron.…
The sign reads simply, “artificer shop.” An arrow points behind the Magazine. Halfway around the octagon, a door opens to a shop where Jay Howlett has been plying his trade for five years. [Ed. note: In summer months the artificer’s shop moves to a building behind Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop.]
So what is an artificer? “A lot of times that’s my opening because it’s the first thing people will ask,” says Howlett.
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List of Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers or their widows eligible for pensions from the state of Virginia.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Special Collections.
Veterans Day comes this year amidst ongoing debates over what we owe the men and women who have risked life and limb to defend our country….
A new feature added to history.org peels back the layers of meaning in Charles Willson Peale’s iconic portrait of the first president. Click or tap on the blue dots in the painting to uncover the significance of details you might never have noticed before.
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