The Myth of The Alamo Gets History All Wrong
The 1836 battle for the Alamo is remembered as a David vs. Goliath story. A band of badly outnumbered Texans fought against oppression by the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, holding off the siege long enough for Sam Houston to move the main rebel force east and providing...
The General Store and American Exceptionalism
BUCKSTOWN, Pa. — The Duppstadt’s Country Store, sitting high on a plateau along the Lincoln Highway between Stoystown and Reels Corner, has served Somerset County residents and weary travelers since 1903. When you open the heavy wooden door and hear it creak...
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Metal Badge Found At College of Charleston Illuminates History Of Urban Slavery Metal badge found at College of Charleston illuminates history of urban slavery By Adam Parker [email protected] College of Charleston archaeology students...
Can The President Kill?
Last weekend, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ordered the U.S. military to bomb targets in Syria and Iraq in an effort “to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message” to Iran. It is apparently the belief of the Biden administration — as it has been with...
House Votes To Remove Taney Bust, Confederate Statues
For the second straight year, the House voted to remove the bust of the late Chief Justice Roger B. Taney — who authored the infamous Dred Scott decision that held Black people were not U.S. citizens — along with statues and busts of Confederates and white...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: SC militias fought for America’s freedom – who fights for their battlegrounds? As a boy, Rick Wise was hooked on military history from the beginning. But he was Read More