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Drama at the Old North Bridge | Spring 2025, Vol 70, No 2
“Now the war has begun and no one knows when it will end,” said one minuteman after the fight.
Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington | Spring 2025, Vol 70, No 2
This special issue looks at the dramatic and momentous events that occurred 250 years ago this month.
The Forgotten Battle of Menotomy | Spring 2025, Vol 70, No 2
Overshadowed in memory by Lexington and Concord, the Massachusetts town of Menotomy saw the most violent and deadly fighting on April 19, 1775.
The Shots Heard Round the World | Spring 2025, Vol 70, No 2
What began as a civil war within the British Empire continued until it became a wider conflict affecting peoples and countries across Europe and North America.
Discovered: First Maps of the American Revolution | Spring 2025, Vol 70, No 2
Previously unknown, a map drawn by Lord Percy, the British commander at Lexington, sheds new light on the perilous retreat to Boston 250 years ago this month.
The Comic Revolution | Winter 2025, Vol 70, No 1
Before Saturday Night Live, there was "Your Show of Shows."
Limits on Presidential Power from FDR to Trump | Winter 2025, Vol 70, No 1
What does history tell us about presidents who have tried to push the limits of the system?
Eisenhower’s “Middle Way” | Winter 2025, Vol 70, No 1
As president, Dwight D. Eisenhower took a moderate position on many issues, believing that “good judgment seeks balance and progress.”
Women Finally Get Full Credit | November/December 2024, Vol 69, No 5
Fifty years ago, the Equal Credit Act was an important step in affording women control of their own finances.
Solving Our Political Disarray | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
The Constitution is more than a legal code. It is also a framework for union and solidarity.
The Tragedy of Emmett Till | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
The boy's vicious killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped to transform America's racial consciousness.
FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
Charles Lindbergh and the isolationists of American First opposed Lend Lease and Roosevelt’s attempts to prepare for possible war in Europe.
The Wilsonian Century | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
In the hundred years since his death, features of Woodrow Wilson’s philosophy have become central to international politics and American foreign policy.
Did the First Lady Advise the President Not to Run Again? | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
President Johnson shocked the nation when he ended his bid for reelection in 1968. As early as 1964, Lady Bird had suggested that he might not want to run for a second term.
Lafayette's Grand American Tour | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
Enormous crowds greeted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, during his visit to all 24 states nearly 40 years after the war ended.
Two Years That Made the West | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
In a momentous couple of years, the young United States added more than a million square miles of territory, including Texas and California.
Save the Glover House! | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
We can’t let the home of one of the great heroes of the American Revolution be demolished.
Renewing America’s Civic Education | Winter 2025, Vol 70, No 1
Although numerous studies show a failure in the teaching of our history and values of democracy, there are models to rebuild the civic bargains by which democracy survives.
Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
The farmhouse of General John Glover, one of the great heroes of the American Revolution, is scheduled to be demolished after July 1, 2024.
Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
John Glover and the men of Marblehead saved the Continental Army several times, and then helped it cross the Delaware to victory at Trenton and Princeton.
The Mystery of Henry Wallace | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
Many historians and the author of a recent book have seriously misjudged the influential former vice president and cabinet secretary.
Why Did Ruby Kill Oswald? | Winter 2024, Vol 69, No 1
Sixty years ago, Jack Ruby shot Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. What was his motive? The Warren Commission lawyer who investigated Ruby reveals the killer’s state of mind.
Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War | Winter 2024, Vol 69, No 1
Two hundred years ago, the conflict in which the U.S. seized the Deep South from its Native inhabitants was a turning point in American history, but it is largely forgotten today.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” and a Hundred Years of Healing | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
My grandparents were murdered during the Osage Reign of Terror. It took my family generations to recover.
The Man Who Blew Himself Up | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
“I will leave this house only if I am dead,” the prominent New York doctor told his ex-wife, who was seeking half the value of their Manhattan townhouse in a divorce.
Catherine Leroy Parachutes into Danger | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
When the Pentagon wanted a photographer to record the largest airborne assault in the Vietnam War, the most qualified candidate was a young French woman.
Special Section: Women Journalists in Vietnam | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
These extraordinary women changed the history of photojournalism.
Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
Kate Mullany's former home in Troy, New York honors one of the earliest women's labor unions that sought fair pay and safe working conditions.
The Student Who Exasperated George Washington | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
The president worried that his grandson had “an unconquerable indolence of temper, and a dereliction, in fact, to all study.”
Dickey Chapelle in the Fight | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
The award-winning photojournalist broke gender barriers and was the first American female reporter killed in combat in Vietnam.