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Founding Fathers and Slaveholders
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
November 2002 |
By Stephen E. Ambrose
Absence of Malice
In a new book, Historian Ronald C. White, Jr., explains why Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, given just weeks before he died, was his greatest speech
April 2002 |
By Ronald C. White, Jr.
Washington Slept Here
A look at the first president's "best bed" leads to a recollection of the real man and his exemplary life
December 1999 |
By Timothy Foote
George Washington Slept Here
A great and good man, but bringing him to life in a debunking age is a hard row to hoe
December 1999 |
By Timothy Foote
The Vote That Failed
Old style ballots cast illegally in Indiana helped topple a president then he helped topple them
November 1998 |
By S.J. Ackerman
The Object at Hand
There was a time when a cane was the exclamation point to a true gentleman's attire, but canes have also been put to a remarkable range of uses, quite a few antisocial
October 1995 |
By Edwards Park
