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2023

Stories Published in this Year

The Cathedral of Baseball | Spring 2023 (Volume: 68, Issue: 2)

One hundred years ago this month, the “House That Babe Built” became the first true baseball stadium.

How We Saw the Vietnam War | Spring 2023 (Volume: 68, Issue: 2)

American Heritage has published many important essays on the history of the Vietnam War.

Why have thousands of U.S. banks failed over the years? The answers are in our history and politics.

Our classrooms are failing to pass down the essentials of what it means to be an American, a citizen of the United States.

The world’s most prominent actress risked her career by standing up to one of Hollywood’s mega-studios, proving that behind the beauty was also a very savvy businesswoman. 

Marching With King in Selma | Spring 2023 (Volume: 68, Issue: 2)

A college student in the march from Selma to Montgomery recalls the struggle for democracy in Alabama in 1965.

Rarely has the full story been told about how a famed botanist, a pioneering female journalist, and First Lady Helen Taft battled reluctant bureaucrats to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington. 

The Oldest Marine Recruit | Spring 2023 (Volume: 68, Issue: 2)

Paul Douglas was 50 years old when he left a career in politics to join the Marines at the outset of World War II, earning Purple Hearts at Peleliu and Okinawa.

Reconsidering Jimmy Carter | Spring 2023 (Volume: 68, Issue: 2)

Often thought to have been a weak president, Carter was strong-willed in doing what he thought was right, regardless of expediency or the political fallout.

As he later recounted in his memoirs, Frederick Douglass endured daily beatings and forced labor before taking his chances on the road to freedom.

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