Lederer on Language: What’s in a president’s name? More than you might think
Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...
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Close calls, mass murder and fireworks: Petaluma’s very big year
In November of 1876, the United States witnessed the closest presidential election in history. Rutherford B. Hayes was the ...
Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts
While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...
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West Point cadet from Baton Rouge to participate in the Inaugural Parade
Cadets have been taking part since March 2, 1873, the second inauguration for President Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate Class of 1843. In the Inaugural Parade, cadets wear long gray ...
Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
What Los Angeles Can Learn From Another Great American City That Burned
Chicago’s remarkable renewal after its own disaster offers reassurance and lessons for how Los Angeles can recover.
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El Derecho de Retorno: In Support of the Mexican Reconquista
Polk when he ordered General Zachary Taylor to seize disputed territory along the Mexican border with Texas. In the words of ...
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"Nast-y political symbols: How Thomas Nast introduced American elections to the donkey and the elephant
The cartoon depicts Democratic-leaning newspapers, “Copperhead papers”, as kicking the recently deceased Edwin Stanton, who Ulysses S. Grant had ... in Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma ...