Chase Brush

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Chase Brush is a former assistant editor at American Heritage, serving from 2020-2021 as part of a yearlong fellowship with the Poynter Institute. 

Articles by Chase Brush

"I Am A Man", Spring 2021 | Vol. 66, No. 3
An exhibit now touring the U.S. highlights the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s, with a focus on the violence and brutality endured by its participants.  Read >>
Mayflower II Returns Home, October 2020 | Vol. 65, No. 6
The newly renovated replica of the historic ship was expected to make a celebratory journey home this summer, but COVID-19 had different plans. Read >>
Sergei Khrushchev and the Soviet Union, July/August 2020 | Vol. 65, No. 4
Much of what we know today about the leadership of the Soviet Union and the mindset of the Cold War era is due to the late son of Nikita Khrushchev. Read >>
Confederates Honored by the U.S. Army, June 2020 | Vol. 65, No. 3
The Army has named ten military bases in honor of men who killed 365,000 U.S. soldiers. Should they be renamed? Or left as they are, since the bases are part of a “Great American Heritage," as President Trump says? Read >>

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Reader Responses: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings
Editor's Note: This month marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. To commemorate the occasion, we shared two articles from the American Heritage archives that shed greater light on details surrounding the events. The stories received an… Read more >>
Reader Responses: Confederates Honored by the U.S. Army
Editor's Note: Earlier this week, we published an explanatory study of the figures behind 10 U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals. We then turned the question to our readers, asking on Facebook whether they thought--as a growing number of people around the country do--that the bases… Read more >>

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