Category: american history

Revolutionary War General’s Statue Removed From Albany, New York City Hall Over Slave Ownership

A statue of a Revolutionary War general was removed from City Hall in Albany, New York, on Saturday over his ownership of slaves. City workers removed the statue of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler before loading it onto a trailer and hauling it to a storage facility. The statue’s removal fulfilled an executive order that Democratic…


Museums and Cemeteries Honor Military Heroes

In the 1750s, some colonists in New Jersey complained about being forced to house British soldiers who were fighting in the French and Indian War. That conflict pitted Great Britain against France for control of areas of the New World. In an effort to placate the settlers, a stone structure was built in 1758 to…


Museums, Swamps and Native American History Await in Lee County, Florida

When my wife, Fyllis, and I arrived in Lee County, Florida, weeks after it was devastated by Hurricane Ian, we expected the worst, and our first impression supported that fear. Beachfront lots previously occupied by houses were empty, victims of wind and water. Some homes that escaped being obliterated had gaping holes in their roofs…


[EXCLUSIVE] Dr. Atlas: A Profile in Courage Amidst a COVID Political Storm

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


[PREMIERING NOW] Dr. Atlas: A Profile in Courage Amidst a COVID Political Storm

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


[PREMIERING at 10AM ET] Dr. Atlas: A Profile in Courage Amidst a COVID Political Storm

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


[PREMIERING TOMORROW at 10AM ET] Dr. Scott Atlas: What American Leadership Looks Like

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


[PREMIERING 3/31 at 10AM ET] Dr. Scott Atlas: What American Leadership Looks Like

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


Get Away to Darien for History and Small-Town Charm on the Georgia Coast

By Ligaya Figueras From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Darien—Situated at the mouth of the Altamaha River, surrounded by the winding salt marshes of McIntosh County, is the city of Darien. History buffs may know Darien as Georgia’s second-oldest city, founded in 1736, just three years after Savannah. But centuries before it became a British holding, this…


The Ideas that Shaped the Constitution: Part 5: Aristotle

Commentary Unlike Socrates, Xenophon, and Plato—the subjects of the third and fourth installments in this series—Aristotle wasn’t an Athenian. (For the first and second installments, see here and here.) Aristotle did, however, win fame in Athens. He was bornin Macedonia in 384 B.C.E. At the age of 17, he moved to Athens and enrolled as…