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The Willard Hotel: Let Us Die To Make Men Free, Jacob Dinkelaker
The Willard Hotel: Let Us Die To Make Men Free, Jacob Dinkelaker
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Everyday I head into work, I pass by the Willard InterContinental building between 15th and 14th streets NW in downtown D.C. Even though Washington, D.C. has changed greatly since the Civil War, the Willard has, in its various different forms and structures, always been there – since even before the Civil War. In its long storied history, the Willard has been there for its fair share of historical events. [excerpt]
"The People For Whom He Saved The Union": Ninety Years Ago In Dc, John M. Rudy
"The People For Whom He Saved The Union": Ninety Years Ago In Dc, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Reading the official Facebook page of one of my favorite history authors yesterday, I saw a pithy note about a "day of note." Ninety years ago this week, President Warren Harding dedicated the Lincoln Memorial at the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [excerpt]
Meet Mr. Everyman: Everyone His Own Interpreter, Jacob Dinkelaker
Meet Mr. Everyman: Everyone His Own Interpreter, Jacob Dinkelaker
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
In 1931, Carl Becker, president of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization of historians, gave a speech in which he tried to distill history to its very essence. In that address, “Everyman His Own Historian,” Becker declared that history reduced to its lowest terms was the “memory of things said and done.” Using that simple definition, Becker argued that everyone, no matter whether they had professional training or expertise, was in some way, at some point in time, an historian. Everyone at some time in their lives did as a historian does – asks a question about the …