An engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of Knights of the Golden Circle. [Library of Congress] In the summer of 1859, several stock actors ...

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Mr. Dresner teaches East Asian history at Pittsburg State University, Kansas. His research examines Meiji-era (1868-1912) social history. A quick summary of the movie for those who haven't seen it.

Mr. Gelber is a professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies at the University of Haifa. He also serves as the chairman of the university's School of History. Since the abortive talks at ...

Mr. Flynn is the executive director of Accuracy in Academia and author of the newly released, :Why the Left Hates America: Exposing the Lies That Have Obscured Our Nation’s Greatness." Who is ...

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Thumbnail Image - By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0 A curious security guard at a venerable Manhattan office building near Columbus Circle inquired what sort of work the man I was visiting did—was ...

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Daniel Mallia is an HNN and an undergraduate at Fordham University. "Was Hitler Jewish?" is a frequently asked question but it is one that requires clarification to answer correctly. In essence ...

Note: Due to a number of anti-Semitic comments that have been posted, comments have been disabled for this article. Arriving at London in early 1938, newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador Joseph P.

Or, a brief history of today's erasure of history.