A new school year is beginning, and like clockwork, the revisionist history plans for the public schools are making the news. The New York Times has launched the 1619 Project, with the goal to reframe American history all in terms of race and slavery. Someone needs to get the news to the New York Times […]
Christine’s history posts
Christine was attempting to write on history topics here at Nothing New Press, but she found a better solution. Rather than have all her blogs scattered across the Internet, each with its own webspace (which made keeping them updated more difficult), she has realized a long- cherished dream to have them all under her own […]
Remembering 9/11
Remembering 9/11, a pivotal day in modern history: National Geographic photo and video archive History.com photo and video archive September 11, 2011 As it Happened – the South Tower Attack Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive And I found a long list of articles and essays answering the question Why do Radical Muslims Hate America? […]
Labor Day History
Most holidays have their origin in historical events of significance to the nation. Labor Day was originally set aside to give American workers a paid day to participate in Labor rallies and parades in the late 19th century when working conditions around the world in the wake of the Industrial Revolution were abysmal. Follow the […]
The Constitutions of Clarendon and George Zimmerman
Chapter LXXIX (79) of The Story of the Middle Ages, Henry Plantaganet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, relates the history of the robber barons which became entrenched in England in the course of the bitter civil war between Stephen and Maude (Matilda) in the 12th century. “During the long civil war between Matilda and Stephen, the […]
