
Few Americans are more worthy of the big and small screen than Andrew Jackson—a poor, orphaned child of immigrants who fought in the American Revolution, moved to the frontier, and rose to become president of the United States. HBO is producing a six-hour miniseries based on Jon Meacham’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
by Jarrett Stepman18 Dec 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

The American Left has finally caught on that one of the leading lights of the early Progressive movement was a racist, segregationist, and generally unseemly fellow. Princeton’s Black Justice League protestors have urged that early-twentieth century President Woodrow Wilson’s “racist legacy” be acknowledged, and any mention of his existence purged from campus.
by Jarrett Stepman22 Nov 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

In New York, workers with Department of Design and Construction discovered a burial vault filled with skeletons at Washington Square Park.
by Mary Chastain6 Nov 2015, 8:18 AM PST0

“Pawn Stars” reality show host Rick Harrison says his business suffered as a result of his support for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio.
by Kipp Jones2 Nov 2015, 10:51 AM PST0

In a speech delivered Tuesday at the 37th Zionist Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made waves when he discussed the relationship between Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini.
by Jordan Schachtel21 Oct 2015, 10:15 PM PST0

For anyone remotely connected to Pennsylvania the question seemed absurd: “Who is this William Penn?”
by Bruce Mowday4 Sep 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

On this day, in 1866, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was finally certified by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The amendment guarantees that no state “shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
by Jarrett Stepman28 Jul 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

The filmmaker claims to have uncovered evidence challenging decades of archaeological studies regarding the Israelites’ descent into Egypt and eventual slavery, their flight out of Egypt, and the conquest of the Promised Land of Canaan.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.4 Jul 2015, 2:19 AM PST0

I must admit I was appalled to hear of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s decision last week to demote Alexander Hamilton from his featured position on the ten dollar bill. My reaction has been widely shared, see for example here, here, here, here, and here.
by Breitbart News22 Jun 2015, 11:53 AM PST0

The Syrian regime led by President Bashar al-Assad has attacked the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) at newly conquered Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, resulting in damage to the ancient relics.
by Mary Chastain18 Jun 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

The famous 1972 “Nixon to China” moment, in which President Richard Nixon opened up relations with the Chinese Communists to peel them away from the Soviet Union’s orbit, is often considered a major turning point in the Cold War. Since that time, those who guide U.S. foreign policy have mostly seen China as a long-term partner in a future, global system with America as the first among equals. The American eagle and Chinese dragon would rise together with “constructive engagement.”
by Jarrett Stepman15 Jun 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Looking back, I can think of no better way to describe June 9, 1954 than as a demonic day of creation.
by Diana West9 Jun 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

On June 6, 1944, almost four years to the day that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech in which he prophetically called for the “New World” to step forth to liberate the old, Allied forces under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower stormed the beaches of Normandy. The hour of Europe’s liberation had come, and it would be delivered by the greatest amphibious invasion in world history.
by Jarrett Stepman6 Jun 2015, 5:30 AM PST0

The Islamic State commander in Palmyra, Syria. announced the terrorist group will destroy anything in the UNESCO World Heritage Site that promotes idolatry, but everything else will remain untouched.
by Mary Chastain28 May 2015, 4:46 PM PST0

So you teach American History for a living, but you have never said “Yes” when asked to deliver an address on Memorial Day?
by Breitbart News25 May 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is on the doorstep of Palmyra, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria. Officials warn if ISIS is not stopped, they will destroy another important historic city as they expand the caliphate.
by Mary Chastain15 May 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

Today, May 8, is the 70th anniversary Nazi Germany’s defeat in Europe. Though it would be many months before Japan would surrender to the United States and end World War II, triumph in Europe made Allied triumph a near certainty. V-E Day undoubtedly marks one of the most momentous events in the history of human civilization.
by Jarrett Stepman8 May 2015, 12:53 PM PST0

Radical Islamists elsewhere are taking a page out of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) playbook. Jihadists demolished a mausoleum in Mali that was recently submitted to the United Nations World Heritage site.
by Mary Chastain5 May 2015, 8:20 PM PST0

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Houston housewife who has quietly collected rare Civil War images for 50 years has sold more than 500 early photographs to the Library of Congress.
by Breitbart News29 Mar 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

British pop superstar Phil Collins received a unique honor this week, as the Texas Legislature issued a resolution recognizing him as an honorary Texan, for the donation of “his magnificent collection of historical artifacts to the State of Texas for display at the Alamo.”
by Sarah Rumpf13 Mar 2015, 1:05 PM PST0

The State of Texas has formally assumed control of the Alamo, placing the day-to-day management of the historic site in San Antonio under the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The GLO will now solicit proposals for a new management company to assume those duties later this year. Previously, the Alamo had been managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), the volunteer organization that was responsible for securing the funds to preserve the Alamo in 1905. A law passed in 2011 transferred control to the GLO.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Mar 2015, 10:29 AM PST0

“A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March,” Brutus warns Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. March 15 is the “Ides of March,” one of the most important events in the political history of western civilization, the anniversary of Julius Caesar’s assassination.
by Jamie Gass12 Mar 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

If he ever took leadership classes in college, President Obama’s performance in office clearly suggests he slept through them. But his recent statements concerning the Crusades suggest he slept through history and religion classes, as well.
by James Zumwalt18 Feb 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

Nineteen American historians have signed a letter condemning the government of Japan for demanding that textbook publisher McGraw Hill remove references to “comfort women” from a book that references Japanese atrocities during World War II.
by Frances Martel11 Feb 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

Obama told NBC, “We make beer. First president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”
by Warner Todd Huston1 Feb 2015, 4:36 PM PST0