The Great American History Blog

Link to: Secrets of American History On November 7, 1775 the Royal Governor of Virginia, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore issued a proc...

The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR by Jules Archer In 1934, Colonel Smedley...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, since the end of the Vietnam War in the mid-1970’s, approximately 43,000 A...

As America ponders its role as a superpower in the world, and the price this entails, a little historical perspective may illuminate the di...

In 1855, J.E.B. Stuart met Flora Cooke, the daughter of the commander of the 2nd U.S. Dragoon regiment, Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke. T...

The Cocktail is, perhaps, America’s mot important contribution to the culture of the world. The first cocktail known to history was describ...

No one likes taxes (or death), but here is a little historical context when you are forced to listen to the political rhetoric: Top incom...

In September 1895, the Duryea brothers established the first American company to manufacture gasoline-driven cars, the Duryea Motor Wagon C...

The diaries of hundreds of women of the time attest to the “marrying craze” sweeping the South. "Every girl in Richmond is engaged or ...

Today’s partisan bickering, even a Congressman hooting “You lie” at the President, seems mild compared to some of the political feuds of ...

The Confederate treasury could probably have raised more gold and silver from the population if it had embarked on a vigorous policy of tax...

Alexandria and Northern Virginia were the first areas to feel the fury of the Civil War. Alexandria, Virginia was the longest occupied Sou...

The movies were an important cultural bridge, mediating the immigrant’s transition into broader American culture. The movies were a collect...

The Principles of Scientific Management (Forgotten Books) By Frederick W. Taylor The so called notion of “Taylorism” underlined the cl...

Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Culture By Werner Solors Sollors uses American literature/culture to explain the co...

Scott’s book on gender points out the very fragile nature of “how we know what we know.” Scott points to language as the way in which peo...

In the 1940s, Edward Rowe Snow of Marshfield, Massachusetts searched for the treasure of Captain James Turner, “The King of Calf Island”. H...

As communications and national maritime strength grew piracy withered. Still, as late as 1813 three thousand acts of piracy were reported i...

Link to: The Confederate Woman: Soldier and Spy Even before Virginia became part of the Confederacy, Northern Virginians realize...

Link to: The Gilded Age and Revolution There was a mandate for change in the Gilded Age, but no agreement on what that change should b...