I missed this anniversary, two months ago now, but it deserves to be remembered. From CBS News:
19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was passed 100 years ago today
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing American […] Continue Reading…
From the East Anglian Daily Times:
Sutton Hoo unveils new £4 million transformation
The National Trust has finally revealed its largest ever investment at the world famous Sutton Hoo royal burial ground – and the public will today be able to […] Continue Reading…
I’m hoping to blog something about our visit to the only authenticated Viking site in North America (if Greenland is not part of North America, of course). In the meantime, I wanted to post this article from Medievalists.net, which suggests […] Continue Reading…
An interesting article on HubPages from Liam A. Ryan, about Ireland’s Starry Plough flag. Excerpts:
The original Starry Plough flag was first adopted by James Connolly’s Irish Citizen Army in April 1914. The original design had the symbol of a […] Continue Reading…
Here is the text of my piece promised earlier this summer, which has appeared in Canton Family Life.
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The engineering major asks “How does it work?”
The business major asks “How much will it cost?”
The liberal arts major asks “Do you […] Continue Reading…
“History is no panacea for our national ailments. But a nation cannot forget its past, obliterate it, subdivide it into micro-histories, alter it, and bury it. Too often in the last half-century, Canadians seem to have done just that, […] Continue Reading…
Apologies for my long absence this past month, dear reader, as my family and I were on an extended road trip through Atlantic Canada, with a return leg through Quebec and Ontario. We saw and learned a lot, and […] Continue Reading…
Some saddening news:
The study of history is in decline in Britain
As the country navigates a historic period, it is losing its skill at interpreting the past
Whatever you think about recent events in Britain, you cannot deny that they qualify […] Continue Reading…
From the National Post:
A century after the Treaty of Versailles, its anniversary passes largely unobserved
The treaty that formally ended the First World War was widely seen as a failure, but to forget about it is to risk romanticizing the […] Continue Reading…
Congratulations to Prof. Kenneth Wheeler and his students in IDS 317, whose article, “Black Student Experiences in the Racial Integration of Reinhardt College, 1966-1972,” published this spring in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, has won the 2019 John C. Inscoe […] Continue Reading…