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Another Method to Write Down History

16 May 2008 at 3:57pm

A few years ago I bought a book, a history book, the writer chose writing down jokes annually to reflect the situation and the outlet people's use to express frustration and hope. Here are some of the jokes told around and sent by ...

The History Of?

16 May 2008 at 5:40pm

We watch the History Channel often, myself more than Angie. Sometimes she wonders just what it is that I find so fascinating about something like ?The History of Mud?. Oh yeah, this pic isn?t from History Channel. But, well, it is mud? ...

Facing History and Ourselves

16 May 2008 at 7:56am

We are an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a ...

Curran Posts Fifth-Best 10000m In Army History

16 May 2008 at 9:20pm

Meghan Curran ran the fifth-fastest 10000-meters in Army history on Friday at the opening night of the 2008 ECAC Championships. Brandon Lewis sits seventh in the decathlon after the first five events on the first day of the 2008 IC4A ...

A Very American History of Mexican Lynchings

16 May 2008 at 8:39pm

Placing the experience of Mexicans into the history of lynching expands our understanding of the causes of mob violence and the ways in which individuals and groups sought to resist lynching and vigilantism. ...

Olympic Boycott History

16 May 2008 at 12:45pm

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics were celebrated in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games in May 1970 over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles, which later hosted the 1980 and 1984 ...

Bill to ?Preserve America?s Historical Record? Introduced

16 May 2008 at 5:26pm

The National Coalition for History has endorsed the PAHR bill and urges you to contact your House member to ask that they co-sponsor the bill. The original co-sponsors for the bill are: Sanford Bishop (GA), Joseph Crowley (NY), ...

Smithsonian Says ?Hooray for Hollywood?

16 May 2008 at 4:47pm

In a memo to Smithsonian staff, Richard Kurin, Acting Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture explained why the Smithsonian had decided to allow the use of its name. ?The popularity of the first movie convinced us that this is an ...

Smithsonian Secretary Establishes Ethics Advisory Board

16 May 2008 at 4:28pm

Gardner, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, National Museum of American History was named to chair the board. Dr. Gardner is a long-time member of the Policy Board of the National Coalition for History, representing the National ...

Senate Panel Holds National Archives Oversight Hearing

16 May 2008 at 5:59pm

Sherwin, University Professor of History at George Mason University, and winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, represented the National Coalition for History at the hearing. Two other NCH member organizations also testified ...

A Remarkable Day in History

16 May 2008 at 7:38am

Huldrych Zwingli published Eine g�ttliche Vermahnung an die Eidgenossen zu Schwyz on May 16, 1522. In 1529 Heinrich Bullinger preached his first sermon, at Bremgarten, on May 16th. Emil Brunner was awarded a Doctorate of Theology on May ...

More Hyperbolic Tree Visualisations - delicious URL History: Users ...

16 May 2008 at 4:44pm

Building on from the previous post (delicious URL History - Hyperbolic Tree Visualisation), where I showed how the JavaScript Information Visualization Toolkit (JIT) could be used to visualise the delicious history of a URL, ...

Someone get Barry a history book?

16 May 2008 at 6:25pm

?When Kennedy Met With Khruschev, We Were On The Brink Of Nuclear War.? That?s the quote from Barry today. Problem is, he is WRONG. They met nearly 15 months before the Cuban Missile Crisis. Did he ever take a history class? ...

Inflate Away Debt? Three Lessons from History

16 May 2008 at 1:12pm

Might the scam work? Can the United States really settle its debts with devalued dollars, free of all historical fall-out...?

NHPRC Awards $4.6 Million in Grants

16 May 2008 at 4:53pm

A grant to New York University will enable the development of its new Digital History Across the Curriculum project. Grants totaling $2.3 million were recommended for 24 documentary editing projects-from the Frederick Douglass Papers to ...

According to Shakespeare, men are involved in history in three ways

16 May 2008 at 5:40pm

According to Shakespeare, men are involved in history in three ways: Some create history and are its victims. Others think they create history, and are its victims also. Others yet do not create history, but they too are its victims. ...

May 16: Ryun - Liquori Race

16 May 2008 at 5:47pm

(1971). (Studio) Mile race between Jim Ryun and Marty Liquori held. REPORTER: Roger Mudd. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Film shows Liquori beating Ryun in close race. REPORTER: Heywood Hale Broun.

The Search for Eternal Egypt. - Friday June 06 06:00 AM

16 May 2008 at 2:27pm

Combining interviews with top Egyptologists, specially shot location footage, reenactments, archive images, and computer graphics, we tell the dramatic story of the development of Egyptology over the last 200 years. ...

14th Military History Carnival

15 May 2008 at 9:02am

This is the 14th Military History Carnival, with a special theme of Contested Boundaries. Today is also the day that Bloggers Unite encourages bloggers to write about human rights (hat tip: Mark Stoneman). I might post something on that ...

Disney History 1984-2008

16 May 2008 at 7:30pm

Ryan Peterson, a student of Media Studies at Vassar College, created this mini-film (technically an animatic) about the Michael Eisner years and how Disney got to where it is today. A bit crudely assembled, but it sums it all up in a ... document.getElementById('Result_Span').innerHTML = " 1 - 20 of about 196,160,405 blogs about History [definition] (0.376 seconds)";