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2020 Articles by Approximate Date

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Winter 2021

4 years ago By Edwin S. Grosvenor

Volume

66

Issue

1

In 2020 we published nearly 100 articles in nine issues, the most we have ever published in a year. Here are the articles sorted by the approximate date of the subject of the essay:

Approx Year	Author	Title
1587	Dawson, Scott	How We Found the Lost Colony
1619	Horn, Jim	A Fateful Experiment at Jamestown
1620	Philbrick, Nathaniel	Mayflower's Place in History
1673	Walczynski, Mark	Marquette and Joliett's Excellent Adventure
1690	Walczynski, Mark	Upon Starved Rock
1775	Atkinson, Rick	The British Are Coming
1775	Glass, Brent	Boston's Freedom Trail
1776	Onuf, Peter	Jefferson and the Declaration
1777	Godbeer, Richard	World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Quaker Family’s Journey
1779	Editors	Thanksgiving Dinner During the Revolution
1780	Dolin, Eric Jay	Hurricanes That Saved America
1780	Grosvenor, Edwin	British Ships Lost in 1780
1783	Head, David	A Crisis of Peace: Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy
1787	Magliocca, Gerard	Bill of Rights: Heart of the Constitution
1788	Waldman, Steven	Freedom of Religion: America's Greatest Invention
1789	Beschloss, Michael	The American Presidency
1789	Bordewich, Fergus	Madison and the Invention of Congress
1789	Ellis, Joseph	George Washington Invents the Presidency
1789	Howard, A.E. Dick	America’s Constitution Inspired the World
1789	Saxton, Martha	The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
1793	Fried, Stephen	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
1799	Costello, Matthew R.	Property of the Nation: Mount Vernon
1800	Unger, Harlow	John Marshall Saves the Republic
1804	Harvey, Eleanor Jones	Humboldt in America
1811	Cozzens, Peter	Tecumseh and the Prophet at Tippecanoe
1825	Bell, Richard	Stolen: Five Free Boys Stolen into Slavery
1835	Reynolds, David	Andrew Jackson Reinvents American Democracy
1836	Donovan, James	Struggle for the Alamo
1846	Puleo, Stephen	Voyages of Mercy
1848	Egerton, Douglas	Heirs of an Honored Name: Decline of the Adams Family
1850	Inskeep, Steve	The Frémonts Open the West
1851	Reynolds, David	Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin
1857	Brands, H.W.	Dred Scott-Supreme Court's Worst Decision
1861	McPherson, James	Lincoln's First Month
1861	Reynolds, David	Abe & Presidential Greatness
1862	Bordewich, Fergus	Congress Fights the Civil War
1865	Watson, Bruce	Juneteenth!
1871	Smith, Carl	The Great Chicago Fire
1876	Morris Jr., Roy	Stolen Presidential Election (1876)
1877	Dickson, Paul	1877 Railroad Riots
1890	Miller, John E.	Laura Wilder: Pioneer Girl
1892	Grosvenor, Edwin	Vampires in America?
1905	Swanson, Ryan	Teddy Roosevelt and the Strenous Life
1911	Palatnik, Matthew	Rosenwald Funds 5,000 African-American Schools
1912	Burleigh, Nina	Mary Trump: The Bonnie Lass
1913	Ware, Susan	Ida B. Wells Marches
1917	Brush, Chase	10 Bases Named for Confederates
1918	Barry, John	Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918
1918	Grosvenor, Edwin	Pandemic Advice from 1918
1918	Stewart, David	Pandemics Change History
1918	Grosvenor, Edwin	Pandemics in America
1919	Watson, Bruce	Ike's Excellent Adventure
1920	Watson, Bruce	The Spirit of Chautauqua
1932	Dickson, Paul	When the Bonus Army Marched on DC
1933	Brinkley, Doug	FDR's New Deal
1934	Weisberger, Bernard	LaFollette and the Progressive Movement
1939	Dickson, Paul	Marshall's Secret Plan for War
1941	Bates, Stephen	FDR Takes on "Fake News"
1941	Edwards, Bob	This Is London-Ed Murrow Broadcasts During the Bombing
1941	Klein, Gil	The ”Holy Grail” of Broadcast Journalism
1941	Peiss, Kathy	Librarians at War
1941	Offley, Ed	Two Hours in Hell at Pearl Harbor
1942	Brokaw, Tom	Heartbreak at Heart Mountain
1942	Gay, Timothy	American Civilians Defend Against U-Boats
1944	Grosvenor, Edwin	FDR’s Favorite Dish: “Country Captain”
1950	Stewart, David	Bred to Power: The Dulles Brothers
1950	Tye, Larry	Inside Joe McCarthy's Secret Files
1950	Watson, Bruce	The Woman Who Said No to McCarthy
1953	Eisenhower, Susan	Eisenhower Balances the Court
1962	Chase Brush	In Memoriam: Sergei Khrushchev and the Soviet Union
1962	Lear, Linda	Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
1967	Williams, Juan	Thurgood Marshall, American Revolutionary
1969	Stone, Geoffrey and David Strauss	Legacy of the Warren Court
1970	Crittenden, Ann	Revolt of the Women at TIME
1970	Gates, Henry Louis	May Day 1970
1970	Holden, et al	Reassessing Spiro Agnew
1970	Snaith, Holley	The Girl from Butcher Holler
1974	Locker, Ray	Secret Coup in the White House
1977	Alter, Jonathan	The Enigma of Jimmy Carter
1986	Schweizer, Peter	Reagan Outfoxes the Soviet Union
1986	Swaby, Rachel	Ride Sally Ride
1987	Greenspan, Alan	How We Survived Black Monday
1995	Nicholas, Tom	Venture Capital Builds the Modern World
2000	Grisham, John	Fighting for the Wrongly Convicted
2001	Klein, Gil	Biden Predicts 9-11 on 9-10
2018	Horwitz, Tony	Spying on West Virginia
2020	Brush, Chase	Mayflower II Returns Home
2020	Grosvenor, Edwin	Traitors in Congress: Definitive List of Confederates in Art
2020	Grosvenor, Edwin	Editorial: Vandalism in Lafayette Square
2020	Klein, Gil	Lafayette Square: Seven Acres of History
2020	Levick, Richard	Remembering RBG
2020	Lovegren, Sylvia	In Search of Real Barbecue
2020	Stiehm, Jamie	Another Kennedy Family Tragedy
2020	Seymour, Ann	Prince Hall Masonry
2020	Watson, Bruce	We've Got Mail!

History of American Heritage

Stories published from " Winter 2021 "

Two Hours in Hell at Pearl Harbor

Authored by: Ed Offley

USS Nevada was the only battleship to get underway during the attack at Pearl Harbor. The recent discovery of the ship's hull revived interest in her dramatic story.

Dred Scott: the Supreme Court's Worst Decision

Authored by: H. W. Brands

Chief Justice Roger Taney made his contribution to the ideology of white supremacy when he asserted that blacks were a people apart, beyond the promise of the Declaration and the guarantees of the Constitution.

Humboldt in America

Authored by: Eleanor Jones Harvey

When the leading European naturalist visited America and met with Thomas Jefferson, it had a profound impact on the young nation.

Pandemics in America

Authored by: Edwin S. Grosvenor

Masks and "social distancing" are nothing new. Over the centuries, Americans have suffered terribly from smallpox, yellow fever, cholera, typhoid, pellagra, influenza, polio, and other pandemics.

Was the Presidential Election Stolen?

Authored by: Roy Morris Jr.

There was widespread fraud, especially in the swing state of Florida. We are talking, of course, about 1876.

Tecumseh and The Prophet at Tippecanoe

Authored by: Peter Cozzens

While his brother Tecumseh was assembling the greatest Indian confederation the U.S. would ever confront, the “Prophet” launched a fateful preemptive attack in Indiana Territory.

The Voice of Young America

Authored by: Vincent DiGirolamo

Newsboys in antebellum New York and elsewhere were embroiled in all the major conflicts of their day, becoming mixed metaphors for enterprise and annoyance.

Those Were the Days

Authored by: Jim Cullen

The sitcom “All in the Family” debuted 50 years ago this month, and had a lasting effect on television and American culture.

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