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Talking Politics and Religion in the American History Classroom
In today’s national conversation, which lately seems more like a countrywide schoolyard brawl with citizens hurling insults and memes, it can be challenging to explore complex ideas. Politics and religion,…
The Debate as America Became an Imperial Power
A sermon preached 115 years ago on Thanksgiving Day voiced a protest against a new…
The Thanksgiving Proclamation Lincoln Issued 150 Years Ago
Abraham Lincoln called for national days of Thanksgiving more than once during the Civil War.…
What was Celebrated at the First National Thanksgiving
We think of our national celebration of Thanksgiving as rooted in the harvest feast of…
Could Lincoln Be Elected Today?
FlackCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, has…
Gilder Lehrman Summer Teacher Seminars
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has released its schedule of weeklong seminars for…
The Courage of Lincoln’s Convictions
Today, on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, it is difficult to conceive that…
A Timely Visit to Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield
There is no better way to commemorate tomorrow's 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address than…
The Gettysburg Address in hindsight
In 1863, the editors of the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Patriot & Union newspaper published what became…
Lincoln Looks Ahead to Reconstruction
[caption id="attachment_1315" align="alignleft" width="232"] Lincoln in November, 1863; photograph by Alexander Gardiner (Library of Congress)[/caption]…