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(Please see Part I first if you have not done so already) Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered office on the heels of the 1932 collapse of the American Financial system. The floor fell out of the economy. At the time of … Continue reading →

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call “Milk Sickness.” “My baby boy…” she whispers before … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting question: “If a piece of the presidential record remains stowed in a drawer, is it history or history waiting to happen?” The discovery of a previously unknown personal letter by Thomas Jefferson this past December, written sometime … Continue reading →

A Time Capsule was unearthed that was buried about 1850, from the news piece: Athol (Massachusetts) Historical Society President Susannah Whipps-Lee said the time capsule — which has yet to be opened — was made from an old glass container … Continue reading →

One of the thrills of delving into any historical archives is holding a piece of history in your hands. I remember when I visited the Wisconsin State Archives while researching my book on the The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil … Continue reading →

To be sure, Americans have always been against large standing armies, yet we are the poster child for the Military Industrial Complex. For that matter, we have been ardent anti-tax; anti-big government; ect, ect. And what have we evolved into? … Continue reading →

There were a slew of news stories last week that specifically mentioned that Stone worked with two unnamed historians for his up-coming documentary on Hitler and other mass murders in an attempt to give us “empathy” for them and “provide” … Continue reading →

I mean this sincerely. I am saddened by the passing of Howard Zinn. From the Associated Press: Howard Zinn, the leftist academic whose alternative history of the United States became required reading for millions of ordinary people, as well as … Continue reading →

My A.P. United States history class is fast approaching the 1930s; well now that we have switched from a 90 minute block to a 45 “skinny” we are creeping along since the year started. We will hit the 1980s/90s just … Continue reading →