August 1955
Features
Stalwart as he was, the general was often ill. A doctor studies his record and notes shortcomings in Eighteenth-Century medical care.
Newspaper ads from occupied New York illumine Revolutionary War loyalties
Quaint pictures and a grim story tell of prejudice and mob passion in upstate New York of the 1840’s
Calling millions to repentance, Moody and Sankey devised a new method of spreading the gospel
Never before printed, the headquarters record of the British conqueror of New York illuminates crucial events of the American Revolution.
Henry Cabot Lodge was a public man in the old sense—one who was often wrong but never evil
Not until the Civil War was about over did the U.S. Navy manage to put a halt to the South’s imports
Military science was very rigid in the 1600’s. It quickly changed when Americans began to fight Indians
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
