The best guideline is for all our government and civic institutions to respect the capacity of American citizens for freedom—our ability, whether in religion, the economy or in other human endeavors, to exercise our rights sensibly.
One hundred and fifty eight years ago, President Abraham Lincoln gave his Last Public Address. This speech was delivered only two days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox on
On March 29, 1973, the last American combat soldier, Master Sgt. Max Beilke, left Vietnam, completing the American military withdrawal. President Richard Nixon had announced on January 23, 1973 that
In honor of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, today we share a document from Dec. 7th, 1941 with you. This primary source, along with thirty-three others
In honor of start of the Supreme Court’s Fall 2022 term, Teaching American History is featuring one of the most consequential decisions from America’s past, the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873). For
Today’s blog is the final entry in our miniseries on how teachers use 50 Core American Documents in their classroom. The author is Malik Ali, a Tukman Distinguished Teacher of
This is the second post in our series exploring how teachers plan to use our latest CDC volume in their classrooms. West Virginia educator Adena Barnette takes a deep dive
To showcase our latest Core Document Collection (CDC) volume, 50 Core American Documents, we’ve asked 3 of our teacher partners to choose their favorite document from the volume and explain
Editor’s note: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned attention again to NATO, as it has heightened awareness of the threat Russia poses to the liberal political order shared by NATO
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looming large in the news we thought it wise to revisit the region’s ties to American history. Prior to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by
