Air Force One shouldn’t be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes a historian, the presidential plane has shaped and defined the modern presidency.
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Britain controlled vast tracts in North America beyond the original 13 Colonies. And the American invasion of Canada played a role in the final political settlement.
President Donald Trump’s capital redesign follows centuries of debate and discussion about how Washington should look to the world.
Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
Ona Judge was 1 of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia. The city will recognize her legacy each May 21.
Democracy cannot thrive, or even survive, when its leaders see themselves as godlike and divide citizens into believers and heretics, a scholar writes.
The Declaration of Independence isn’t just a philosophical breakup letter. It was a strategic move to secure vital support for America after its first declaration of war.
In the early days of the United States, Philly was a hotbed of conspiracy theories as fears grew that secret societies sought to dismantle religion’s influence on society.
Betsy Ross probably did not sew the first American flag, but she was one of many craftswomen whose wartime labor helped build a nation.
By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.
Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.
How the US treats its allies has been a crucial question for every president. What evolved over the centuries into an official embrace of friendly nations is now being reversed by Donald Trump.
Washington’s ‘warrior ethos’ was grounded in decency, temperance and the capacity to act with courage without surrendering to rage. That ideal built an army – and in time, a republic.
President George Washington warned in his 1796 Farewell Address about dangers that lay ahead for the US – warnings that seem startlingly contemporary and relevant 229 years later.
An Indigenous scholar explains how starvation was used to acquire the lands of Indigenous peoples. Her great-grandparents experienced ‘starvation winter’ on the Blackfeet reservation.
The Republican and Democratic parties are united in protecting their chokehold on American politics, despite the view by America’s founders that parties had no legitimate place in the republic.
According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second term is different – as is Donald Trump.
A nation’s history is told by its records. The White House no longer publishing Trump’s full remarks makes this history less complete.
An upcoming protest in Washington on June 6 isn’t the first time veterans have protested their treatment by the US government. Veterans have been mobilizing and agitating at home since the Civil War.
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Professor of American History, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Clarkson University
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Director of the Center for Anti-Racism, Temple University
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Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of the History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of History, University of New Hampshire
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Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
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Senior Lecturer in Government, Texas A&M University
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Emeritus, Portland State University