Tag: U.S. History
Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism
Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho
When I took a post-college job as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park 23 years ago, I noticed...
Activists want a San Francisco high school mural removed, saying its...
Amna Khalid, Carleton College and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Carleton College
For nearly a century, a massive mural by painter Victor Arnautoff titled “The Life of...
The forgotten history of Memorial Day
Richard Gardiner, Columbus State University
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and...
100 years later, the madness of daylight saving time endures
Michael Downing, Tufts University
One hundred years after Congress passed the first daylight saving legislation, lawmakers in Florida this week passed the “Sunshine Protection Act,”...
Are movies a good way to learn history?
Scott Alan Metzger, Pennsylvania State University
Hollywood loves history. At this year’s Academy Awards, three nominees for Best Picture (“Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
