Sojourner Truth died on November 26, 1883, aged 86. Yet reports of her death began circulating decades earlier. Abolitionists and women’s rights advocates had built Truth into a prophetic figure, wise and therefore old. Truth, who never learned to read...
“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. “That’s...
When Deputy Provost Marshall Silas Soule left his home late in the evening of April 23, 1865, to investigate reports of gunfire, he did not know it would be his last day on earth. Perhaps he was thinking of Hersa,...
Every presidential election year revives questions about our system of voting through the Electoral College. Teachers tell us that students find this the most perplexing feature of our constitutional system. Below, we offer an explanation of why the Electoral College...
By Jordan Cline, Library Intern From the Maryland Historical Trust Library’s collection of hundreds of architectural drawings, we’ve exhumed the architectural drawings of Maryland’s most haunted historical buildings and sites documented on the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Enjoy these...
The polls and pundits say this presidential election will be a close one, perhaps decided by a few thousand voters in a handful of states. Both the pollsters and pundits may be wrong, of course, but in case they are...
By Dr. Jacqueline Shin, MHT National Register Assistant This week’s blog post describes six National Register-listed historic districts and sites that recently received amendments, highlighting the significance of these places to the movement to secure the vote for women. These...
Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. What happens...
By Dr. Jacqueline Shin, MHT National Register Assistant Nominations to the National Register of Historic Places do not offer the last word on any historic property; rather, they are living documents that can be amended as researchers discover more information....
Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. What happens...
