The Pensacola Patriot?
We came across this declaration on a blog run by a person who’s especially fond of me: And yet there were people (also racists) who wanted to leave that great nation to form their own … Really. What...
View ArticleNovember 11, 1918
Last June, I traveled to Europe, where for nearly three weeks I visited sites in Luxembourg, Belgium, and France. Among the places I visited was the place where the armistice of 1918 was signed at...
View ArticleNews From Stone Mountain
It now looks as if the plan to erect a bell tower atop Stone Mountain to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been shelved. Given the opposition offered by several groups who honor King to the idea,...
View ArticleQuotes of the Week: November 15-21, 2015
The following two quotes on the Virginia Flaggers Facebook page marking the group’s raising of several more flags in Danville, Virginia offer insight into the minds of some Confederate heritage...
View ArticleDick Morris on Ulysses S. Grant as President
Here’s Dick Morris sharing with us his understanding of Ulysses S. Grant.
View ArticleThe Confederate Flag and Confederate Heritage: A Discussion
If you have an hour, you might enjoy this discussion of the evolution of the Confederate flag by “The American History Guys” (Edward Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh) as part of Backstory.
View ArticleConnie Chastain’s War on Women … And Guess Who Supports Her?
It’s not been a good week for Confederate heritage advocates. They are unhappy about what’s happened at the University of Mississippi, where it appears that advocates of flying a Confederate flag have...
View ArticleTwo Scholars on Grant
Neither one is Ron Chernow. But here’s John Marszalek, who headed a team of scholars who worked on providing us with an annotated edition of the Personal Memoirs, and Charles W. Calhoun, who has...
View ArticleRon Chernow and Brian Lamb Discuss Ulysses S. Grant
I’m guessing “Q&A” is an occasional replacement for “Booknotes.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?436112-1/qa-ron-chernow Here’s another hour-long chat at another venue the previous week:
View ArticleWill Things Be Different This Time?
On June 5, 2020, someone from my university asked me if I would be able to comment on recent events in historical context. I offered my outline of how I would approach the opportunity, and on June 8...
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