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Photo: Independence Hall's Assembly Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Antoine Taveneaux; Wikimedia Commons.

For Constitution Day: How Newspapers Covered the 1787 Constitutional Convention

By Jane Cook on September 17, 2024

In this article for Constitution Day, Jane Hampton Cook tells the story of how 55 delegates in 1787 created and signed the U.S. Constitution... (Read More)

Photo: the large 15-star, 15-stripe "Star-Spangled Banner" flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's poem (which became the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem) when it flew above Fort McHenry in the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. Shown here on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology, around 1964. Credit: Smithsonian Institution Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

210th Anniversary of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’

By Jane Cook on September 16, 2024

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook tells the story of how Francis Scott Key’s poem eventually became the U.S. national anthem... (Read More)

Photo: “Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy” poster displayed in Defense Square, Washington, D.C., for a month beginning 7 November 1941. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 30, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Chrysler Motor Car Company tank plant in April 1941. Credit: Detroit Free Library.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 27, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: traveling exhibition for Harriet Tubman, “The Journey to Freedom,” on exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wofford Sculpture Studio, LLC.

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 23, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about abolitionist families who acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Photo: Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

On the Road: Have You Been to Wall Drug?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 21, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega begins her new “On the Road” series with Wall Drug Store in Wall, South Dakota... (Read More)

Photo: traveling exhibition for Harriet Tubman, “The Journey to Freedom,” on exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wofford Sculpture Studio, LLC.

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 20, 2024

Melissa Berry writes about abolitionist families who for many years acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Photo: cabinet card portrait photograph of Victoria C. Woodhull, c. 1870. Credit: Nate D. Sanders; Wikimedia Commons.

The First Woman Nominated for U.S. President by a Political Party – in 1872!

By Jane Cook on August 14, 2024

The current presidential campaign reminded historian Jane Cook of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for U.S. president for a political party... (Read More)

Photo: President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt Shot While Campaigning for President

By Jane Cook on August 12, 2024

The recent news reminded historian Jane Hampton Cook of another shooting of a former president while campaigning: Theodore Roosevelt, on 14 October 1912... (Read More)

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