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William S. HedgesMore>> |
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Lyman L. BrysonMore>> |
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Rudolph Marx, M.d.A graduate of Heidelberg University, Dr. Rudolph Marx has been practicing surgery in Los Angeles since 1923. He has written a number of articles on medical history, and is now working on a book on... More>> |
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Ruth B. DavidsonMore>> |
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Daniel O’flahertyA former New York newspaperman and CBS Radio executive news editor, Mr. O’Flaherty now resides in Richmond, Va., and is working on a book about blockade running. More>> |
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William BrandonWriter of books, short stories and magazine articles, William Brandon has spent much time in the West. His most recent book, The Men and the Mountain , from which the above article has been... More>> |
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Louis MortonLouis Morton, chief of the Pacific Section of the Army’s Office of Military History, has written on military and colonial history. His latest book, The Fall of the Philippines , is a volume in the... More>> |
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Ruth Painter RandallWife of the late James G. Randall, Ruth Painter Randall was present at the 1947 opening of the Lincoln Papers in Springfield. The above article is a chapter from Lincoln’s Sons , to be published... More>> |
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Beverley L. BrittonCopyright, 1955, by William H. Reams, Jr., and Beveilcy L. Britton ©. William H. Kearns, Jr., has flown Antarctic missions for the Navy, and in 1946-47 accompanied the Byrd expedition. Beverley L... More>> |
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Carleton BealsCarleton Beals is the author of over 25 books, and is well-known as a lecturer in this country. His latest book, Our Yankee Heritage: New England’s Contribution to American Civilization , was... More>> |
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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.
