The True Spirit of Thanksgiving
A 1948 Post article questions what we know about the holiday that started as a three-day picnic and Pilgrim sporting event.
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Tag Archives: History
Teddy Roosevelt And World War I: An Alternative History
Jeff Nilsson reconsiders the events of the election of 1912 and answers the question “What if the U.S. re-elected Roosevelt?”
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Book Review: The Great American Railroad War
Dennis Drabelle’s book recounts how two writers helped expose the corruption of the Central Pacific to the country.
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Antietam: Our Post-Battle Report
September 17 marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
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Remembering Sept. 11
As we honor the victims of September 11, we are also reminded how our country came together to stand as one.
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Regarding “A Turning Point in the Solomons”
Stephen A. Dombrowski, USAFA (Ret.) offered a much appreciated comment on this article: Thank you for a balanced, thoughtful and insightful piece. I believe that, even with Normandy, Iwo and the Bulge, the Canal was the seminal moment, the tipping point, for our victory in the Pacific, a war we (the United States) won alone. ... More
A Turning Point in the Solomons
Guadalcanal held nothing but “mud, coconuts, and malaria mosquitoes” and a precious airfield. Here, the U.S. finally regained the offensive in the Pacific War.
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Jekyll Island and the Secret Behind the Fed
The Federal Reserve is an independent central bank that derived its power in the aftermath of the Panic of 1907—a crisis caused by several factors.
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Too Big to Fail?
How a small number of banks came to dominate American finance.
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Broadsides and Suicides: How War Changed During Three Days
As two Post articles from 1945 explain, World War II saw the end of the age of the battleship and the beginning of the age of the suicide bomber.
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Alexander the Great
Uncover the secrets of the fascinating ancient ruler in historian Philip Freeman’s Alexander the Great.
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The Life and Times of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh
Discover the story of the teddy bear behind the legend in Shirley Harrison’s new book, The Life and Times of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Tea Culture: History, Traditions, Celebrations, Recipes & More
Learn all about tea—its history, its health benefits, its influence on society—in Tea Culture: History, Traditions, Celebrations, Recipes & More.
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Bizarre History
Experience a book-full of fun, scandalous, and strange historical anecdotes—with all the boring bits removed.
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Pirates of Barbary
Discover the real-life, 17th-century pirates of the Barbary Coast in author/historian Adrian Tinniswood’s new book.
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Star Struck
King Mandias of Assyria was getting short on money because of war with the Hittites. His prized possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. So he went to see Croesus, the pawnbroker, to obtain a loan. Croesus said, “I’ll give you 100,000 dinars for it.” Mandias was ... More
Working for Liberty
Award-winning TV personality Charles Osgood’s July/August column, “Working for Liberty.”
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