#american-history

#american-history

As a boy, he'd "read American history, not for school, not because I had to, but because I had, by accident, stepped through the thin, crackly crust of the present, and felt the first pull of the quicksand about my ankles." Tripping into that quicksand is how Burden would one day end up doing Stark's dreadful bidding: using his formidable research skills to discover the darkest deeds in the deepest past of Stark's political enemies. But, as Warren insisted, "the story of Willie Stark and the story of Jack Burden are, in one sense, one story." They're in that quicksand together, up to their gizzards.

“Over the course of seven months we just kind of found these moments where I might be able to do some work, I could take the kids with me, do a road trip,” he explained. Apparently, Duffy's boss was totally cool with him doing “some work” while frequently driving around the country with his family and a full film crew. President Trump even gives the family a send-off at the start of the show.

Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness premieres June 26th on HBO and HBO Max, with new episodes debuting weekly. Check out the teaser trailer below for more.

Historic Richmond Town is a living history village, where restored buildings, preserved artifacts, and immersive storytelling bring Staten Island's past to life. Visitors can explore everything from early Dutch Colonial architecture to 19th-century community spaces.

The frontier myth has proven to be one of the most powerful and enduring stories in American history, erasing or altering the history of people of color and women in the West.

In 1924, Lionel Sternberger, at just 16 years old, first put cheese on a hamburger and served it to a customer at the Rite Spot in Pasadena. This simple act changed the course of American food history, leading to the creation of the cheeseburger, a dish that billions of people have enjoyed since.

I realized there was pretty much nobody who is a famous 19th-century minstrel performer who was not an Elk. It just became synonymous.

"If we're going to get to a good place again ... it's going to be because people do something and decide that union matters and that we want to be a nation that is unified." Drew Faust

Maddow stated, 'There's a reason on a day like this, we need to remind people what was in Mueller's report... that is because of a failure on his part.'

In 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to join as a free state, while banning slavery in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory.

In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who had been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people. The killing fueled colonists' outrage in the run-up to the American Revolution.

Truth be told, Reconstruction is not a fancy way of saying the Civil War. The term refers to the period after the Civil War, in which the former Confederate states were readmitted to the Union and had to adhere to the Constitution and federal statutes, particularly the newly-ratified 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which abolished slavery, granted citizenship and the attendant rights to all persons born in the U.S. (including former slaves), and prohibited denial of voting rights based on race, respectively.

"I rarely use the term collecting and collector," Hsu-Tang says. "We both see ourselves as messengers... I don't own these works of art. I'm here to be a temporary steward of these messages, and to pass on-it's my duty to connect the past, the present and the future."

"It's not great, if I'm being honest. From amending my answer to the question "how ya doing Roth" at the very beginning of this week's episode of The Distraction, it is clear that things are not going great. But for the second straight week, we found a way to split our episode between the Not Great stuff and being stupid about sports, with the result being one of the most enjoyable hours of my week."

If you want to dine like it's 1899, look no further than these historic restaurants. From 17th-century taverns to classic dining cars, historic restaurants with enduring legacies are scattered across the United States, each with its own rich history. Business Insider identified the oldest continuously operating restaurants in the country - some dating back to before the US was founded - where diners can still enjoy historic charm and classic comfort foods, such as turkey dinners and burgers.

Almost everyone is a little bit in love with the USA, declares Edward Stourton in his introduction to Made in America. And why not? It is the land of razzle-dazzle and high ideals, of jazz music, Bogart and Bacall, Harriet Tubman and Hamilton, a nation that was anti-colonialist and pro-liberty from its conception, whose Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal.

While, as Benjamin Franklin quipped, it may be that nothing is certain but death and taxes, only the former can be considered the great equalizer. Death comes for us all, regardless of our social or economic status. Taxes, on the other hand, have always been far more complicated. Vanessa S. Williamson's new book, The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of taxation from colonization to the present day.

There have been many times in American history when celebrations of the country's multi-ethnic, ever-changing demography served as powerful counterweights to narrow, exclusionary, nationalisms. In 1855, for example, the publication of Brooklyn native Walt Whitman's offered a "passionate embrace of equality," writes Song of Myself Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, "the soul of democracy."

The Nantucket Lightship basket bag, I've come to learn, is like a Birkin for Nantucketers—and, depending on the year in which it was made, can go for as much as $5,000.

Here's the headline from The Wall Street Journal yesterday. Here's what it said, quote, White House to vet Smithsonian Museums to fit Trump's historical vision.

The history of epic musical attempts to meaningfully engage with the vast sweep of American history is, to say the least, problematic.

The nostalgia tied to the 1950s diner-style restaurants overlooks the harsh realities faced by many during that era, suggesting a dangerous romanticization of the past.

The American landscape used to be covered in Benningan's, Arthur Treachers, and Chi-Chi's restaurants, which at one time or another all probably seemed like the next big thing.

The 1776 Commission, commissioned by Donald Trump, intended to promote patriotic education and counter perceived rewritings of American history. It faced criticism from across the political spectrum.

"If you missed the big 50th-anniversary party for Jaws, it's not too late to celebrate Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic. This film captures a Beach town's Fourth of July terror against a shark."