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Here's Professor Paul Quigley discussing the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act and its legacy in higher education. The video's description reads, "Civil War Studies Professor Paul Quigley discussed how the Civil War influenced the establishment of land-grant colleges in the United States. This event was part of the Virginia Tech Center for Civil War Studies 2026 Conference."

The cover-up of the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel when Eugene Hasenfus was captured by Nicaraguan troops.

Composite of screengrabs from Must Read Alaska. This week we look at this article about another idiot politician. "When Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, took the stage during the recent July Fourth weekend to recite the Declaration of Independence, there was one notable image just steps away: the Confederate battle flag. Sullivan’s Senate campaign posted pictures on Facebook from the 'America Comes Alive' event, which took place on July 5 at Mountain City Church in Anchorage. But his team omitted sharing any images featuring the flag. A video of Sullivan’s remarks…

Author Tom Zoellner discusses freedom seekers escaping their enslavement, so-called "contraband camps," and emancipation during the Civil War. The video's description reads, "Author Tom Zoellner discussed escaped slaves, contraband camps, and the grassroots nature of emancipation during the Civil War. President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., hosted this event."

This is a good discussion about the global aspects of the American Revolution. The video's description reads, "Historians explored the Revolutionary War as a global war at a conference hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth."

Here's a nice panel discussion about the militias in the Revolutionary War. The video's description reads, "Historians explored the role of citizen soldiers during the Revolutionary War at a conference hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth."

This is a pretty good panel discussion on the Patriots vs. the Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. The video's description reads, "Historians explored the Revolutionary War as a civil war at a conference hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth."

This article came up in my feed. "By President Trump’s account, his desire to annex Greenland merely restores prewar borders, his trade policy returns Gilded Age fiscal policy and prosperity and his efforts to build a towering arch in Washington completes a 150-year-old architectural dream. President Andrew Jackson’s spoils system was an anti-corruption purge, not unlike Mr. Trump’s own. President William McKinley’s protectionist stance was also downright Trumpian. Oh, and the Unabomber, too, evidently has a link to the 47th president, by his telling: His uncle once taught the notorious terrorist.

I found this essay from Professor Manisha Sinha. "The state of Florida recently released a new American history high school course with a conservative tilt. Troublingly, it glosses over the relationship between the founders and slavery—a topic that should in 2026 promote a rich understanding of the U.S. past, but one that has also been a subject of controversy, including in Philadelphia at the site of the President’s House. In fact, slavery was central to the economic growth and expansion of the young republic, so much so that it would take a long and brutal war to get rid of it.

We begin with this article from Batavia, New York. "Of all the military graves in Genesee County, one stands out for its uniqueness of the soldier buried there. A Confederate soldier is buried in the Historic Batavia Cemetery. His name was Major Philemon Tracy and his grave is one of the farthest north of a Confederate soldier in the United States. He is also most likely the only Confederate officer to be transported north and buried during the entire Civil War. Tracy’s story is an interesting one which always raises the question as to why he is buried in Batavia."

In this lecture, Professor Daniel Feller discusses the year 1860 and how it may have led to the "Second American Revolution," The video's description reads, "Historian Daniel Feller discussed the year of 1860 as the 'Second American Revolution.' The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, in Tennessee, hosts this event."

This is the discussion from the 2025 Robert Fortenbaugh Lecture in Gettysburg, PA. I have to say the title is deceptive, because there is very little discussion about the field of Civil War studies. The video's description reads, "Historians Drew Gilpin Faust, David Blight, and Stephanie McCurry discussed the evolving field of Civil War studies. The Gettysburg College Civil War Institute hosted this event."

This is a nice conversation between Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed and Dr. Lonnie Bunch on the politics of public history. The video's description reads, "Organization of American Historians President Annette Gordon-Reed and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch addressed political controversies - including those prompted by Trump administration policies - over how to present American history in museums, historic sites, and public displays. This conversation was held in Philadelphia during the annual meeting of professional historians as the city prepared for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence."

A banner outside the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building in Washington, D.C. Christine Kao/Getty Images I found this article on the Trump administration's war on the truth in history. "It’s been a puzzling period for formal expressions of patriotic nostalgia. On two separate occasions this week, the federal government publicized false quotations of iconic American presidents, fumbling attempts to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. The first instance came on Flag Day, when the Department of Homeland Security’s official X account misattributed the following description of the American flag’s symbolism to George Washington: 'We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty.' While this quote has been ascribed to Washington, it is evidently apocryphal.

The History, Archives, and Records Preservation Project just released its report on the Orange Pedophile's war on American History. You can find the link to it at this website. "The History, Archives, and Records Preservation Project (HARPP) has released “The Federal Assault on History: A Record of Executive Actions,” the first comprehensive report documenting and analyzing the Trump administration’s sweeping, coordinated effort since January 2025 to reshape how the American past is recorded, preserved, and shared with the public. "Organized by federal agency and category of action, such as the censorship and erasure, attacks on public institutions, and the promotion of 'patriotic' history, the 70-plus-page report functions as an accessible reference guide for journalists, policymakers, and the public seeking to track specific intiatives by the White House targeting evidence-based and accurate history.

This is another terrific interview on NPR's program, "Fresh Air," In this episode, host Tonya Moslely talks with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw.

It's been my observation that if you scratch a confederate heritage person you will find a racist underneath. Our article this week is more evidence for that observation. It comes to us from Atlanta, Georgia. "Atlanta Public Schools and Jefferson City Schools are investigating after allegations of racist behavior surfaced following a high school football game Friday night. The allegations involve Maynard Jackson High School students who traveled to Jefferson High School for the Sept. 11 game. Since the game, FOX 5 Atlanta has been tagged in social media posts and received emails from people calling for an investigation into what happened.

Freedmen’s Celebration,” Houston Daily Evening Star, June 20, 1866. Photograph by author from copy preserved in the Texas Newspaper Collection at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Professor W. Caleb McDaniel provides us this essay on the first Juneteenth celebration. On June 19, 1866, several thousand Black Texans filled the streets of Houston for the first “celebration of the anniversary of their freedom.” That morning, according to newspaper reports, the crowds assembled on a city block in the Fourth Ward, where Black Methodists had recently erected a church. Waving US flags and banners of red, white, and blue, they paraded through the center of town, led by two ministers: Elias Dibble as president and Sandy Parker as marshal.

This is an outstanding discussion between host Professor Gerald Prokopowicz and his guest, Dr. Jared Peatman, about Dr. Peatman's latest book concerning the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry.

This is a terrific interview with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founding scholars of Critical Race Theory. The episode's description reads, "Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw coined the term 'intersectionality' decades ago. In Trump 2.0, we need her work more than ever." You can access the interview here.

This is a discussion between host Professor Gerald Prokopowicz and his guest, Joe Boslet about Joe's book on Little Round Top.