Week of July 1, 2013
Up Front
 Why Doesn't D.C. Have a Military Parade on the Fourth of July?David Austin Walsh Because Independence Day has always been less about patriotism and more about festivities. Tags: Fourth of July, July 4, Independence Day, Washington D.C. |
 Top 5 Myths About the Fourth of July |
 Who Says Conservatives Are More Patriotic?Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica Progressives love America just as much as the Tea Party, but in a different way. Tags: conservatism, patriotism, July 4, Independence Day |
On Topic: The Civil War
 The Terror of Being Black at GettysburgKevin M. Levin Lee's advancing army regularly kidnapped and enslaved African Americans in Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign. Tags: African American history, Civil War, Gettysburg, slavery |
 The Battle of Gettysburg at 150David Austin Walsh Editor's picks on the best resources for the Battle of Gettysburg. Tags: Gettysburg, Civil War, Hot Topics, resources |
 What If Robert E. Lee Accepted Command of the Union Army?Thomas Fleming Could the Civil War have been reduced to the "uprising of 1861" by one man? Tags: Civil War, counterfactuals, Robert E. Lee, Union Army |
 Would We Have the 14th and 15th Amendments If Lincoln Had Lived? Maybe Not.Alan Singer Frederick Douglass certainly didn't think Lincoln was a friend to the freedman. Tags: Frederick Douglass, Lewis Lehrman, Civil War, slavery |
From the Archives
 Was Ulysses S. Grant Really a Drunk?Edward G. Longacre Yes, the famed general and eighteenth president of the United States was an alcoholic. But it really didn't affect his tactical and strategic judgment. Tags: alcoholism, Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg |
 Why the South Really SecededJames W. Loewen One word: Slavery. Tags: secession, South, slavery, Civil War |
 Stonewall Jackson: Hero to the Religious Right?Wallace A. Hettle The eccentric Confederate general renowned for his piety is embraced for his martyrdom. Tags: Civil War, Stonewall Jackson, Bull Run, Confederacy |
 How Historians Have Rehabilitated President GrantCharles Bracelen Flood Grant's administration used to be considered one of the worst in American history ... but that was due to the influence of the "Lost Cause" school of history. Tags: Civil War, presidency, Reconstruction, Ulysses S. Grant |
 Jim Downs: Emancipation "Greatest Biological Catastrophe of the Nineteenth Century."Robin Lindley Freedom came at a steep price for African Americans, thanks to a postwar smallpox epidemic. Tags: Civil War, emancipation, epidemics, interviews |
News at Home
 HNN Hot Topics: July 4thTags: Hot Topics, Independence Day, July 4, Fourth of July |
 AHA Amicus Brief Ignores Radical Queer HistorySteven Maynard A radical queer dissent to the dominant liberal LGBT moment. Tags: DOMA, LGBT history, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court |
 The Progress of John RobertsJosh Brown's Life During Wartime Tags: John Roberts, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act |
News Abroad
 How Game of Thrones Mirrors Modern GeopoliticsScot Faulkner Just as in the fictitious Westeros, America's elites squabble pointlessly while sinister forces are gathering abroad. Tags: BRICS, Game of Thrones, United States, foreign policy |
 Meet Charles Marvin, the Nineteenth-Century Edward SnowdenLeslie Rogne Schumacher The real-life Mr. Memory leaked secrets of Britain's Russian policy to a newspaper in 1878 using only his brain. Tags: Edward Snowden, Charles Marvin, United Kingdom, leaks |
Historians & History
 Spotlight on the Digital Humanities at GMU's THATCamp PrimeLincoln A. Mullen History meets tech. startup culture at everybody's favorite "unconference." Tags: conferences, George Mason University, THATCamp, THATCamp Prime |
 HNN Book of the Month: The American Senate: An Insider's StoryNeil MacNeil and Richard A. Baker Tags: Book of the Month, books, political history, Senate |
Books
 Review of Joel Shatzky's Option Three: A Novel About the UniversityLawrence S. Wittner The new face of corporate education. Tags: book reviews, Joel Shatzky, Option Three |