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George Washington

Trump prophet reads a fake Jefferson quote and then says “take that and choke”

John Fea   |  July 20, 2023

Hank Kunneman is a New Apostolic Reformation preacher and Seven Mountain Dominionist. He is part of the Dutch Sheets and Lance Wallnau crowd of “prophets” that we covered here. In this video Kunneman expounds on the history of church and...

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When Congress got rid of a George Washington statue…in 1908

John Fea   |  January 30, 2023

Whatever happened to that statue of George Washington in a toga? Here is Ronald Shafer at The Washington Post: Slowly, some of the U.S. Capitol’s many statues and other artworks honoring enslavers have been slated for removal, most recently a bust of Roger...

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Did George Washington fear he would be buried alive?

John Fea   |  December 14, 2022

I saw this tweet today from presidential historian Michael Beschloss: So I looked it up. Here is a taste of the entry on Washington’s death from the Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington, published by The Fred W. Smith National Library...

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The Author’s Corner with Philip Levy

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 7, 2022

Philip Levy is Professor of History at the University of South Florida. This interview is based on his new book, The Permanent Resident: Excavations and Explorations of George Washington’s Life (University of Virginia Press, 2022). JF: What led you to...

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The Author’s Corner with Maurizio Valsania

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 24, 2022

Maurizio Valsania is Professor of American History at the University of Turin. This interview is based on his new book, First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022). JF: What led you...

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The Author’s Corner with Gerard Magliocca

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 24, 2022

Gerard Magliocca is Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. This interview is based on his new book, Washington’s Heir: The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington (Oxford University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to...

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Episode 97: “In Search of George Washington’s Hair”

John Fea   |  March 13, 2022

Using America’s obsession with Washington’s hair as his window, historian Keith Beutler examines how “physicality,” or the use of the material objects, was the most important way early Americans (1790-1840)–museum founders, African Americans, evangelicals, and school teachers– remembered the nation’s...

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Was West Ford the enslaved son of George Washington?

John Fea   |  March 12, 2022

Who was West Ford? What was his relationship to George Washington? (Teaser: He was not his son). What role did Ford play at Mount Vernon? Jill Abrahamson covers it all in a recent piece at The New Yorker. Here is...

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The Author’s Corner with Mark Tabbert

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 15, 2022

Mark Tabbert is Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. This interview is based on his new book, A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry (University of Virginia Press, 2022). JF: What led you...

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My new toy

John Fea   |  February 10, 2022

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From the archives: Jack Hibbs dabbles in American history and it is a disaster. We need another Dudley Rutherford moment

John Fea   |  December 19, 2021

This post is from July 13, 2021: In 2011, Dudley Rutherford, the pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, sat down in front of a camera and told the inspiring story behind the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”...

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The Author’s Corner with Sandra Moats

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 14, 2021

Sandra Moats is Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Parkside. This interview is based on her new book, Navigating Neutrality: Early American Governance in the Turbulent Atlantic (University of Virginia Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Navigating Neutrality?...

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Vaccine mandates are very American

John Fea   |  September 8, 2021

Ohio representative Jim Jordan recently tweeted this: Not really. Here is The Washington Post: At a time when the delta variant’s summer surge has renewed the nation’s divisions over coronavirus vaccines, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Monday said mandates enforcing...

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Jack Hibbs dabbles in American history and it is a disaster. We need another Dudley Rutherford moment!

John Fea   |  July 13, 2021

In 2011, Dudley Rutherford, the pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, sat down in front of a camera and told the inspiring story behind the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (The video has been removed from...

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The C-SPAN presidential rankings are here!

John Fea   |  July 1, 2021

C-SPAN asked scholars to rank the presidents in terms of public persuasion, crisis leadership, economic management, moral authority, international relations, administrative skills, relations with Congress, vision, the pursuit of justice, and “performance within the context of the times.” The list...

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18th-Century British-Americans getting homesick

John Fea   |  June 30, 2021

As someone who wrote extensively about homesickness in my first book, I thoroughly enjoyed J.L. Bell’s recent post at Boston 1775. He even mentions Philip Vickers Fithian! Here is a taste: One might assume the word was still working its...

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Virtually every thing Jack Hibbs says in this video about Washington at Valley Forge is wrong

John Fea   |  May 3, 2021

In the winter of 1777-1778 the Continental Army faced one of its lowest points in the Revolutionary War. British troops under the direction of General William Howe were in control of Philadelphia. George Washington’s soldiers were coming off major defeats...

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San Francisco school board will not rename schools

John Fea   |  April 12, 2021

Some of you may remember our posts earlier this year about the San Francisco school board’s decision to rename forty-four schools that honor historical figures such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It now appears the board...

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Preserving the Great Dismal Swamp

John Fea   |  April 12, 2021

The Great Dismal Swamp is a massive swamp located along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. George Washington was a shareholder in the Dismal Swamp Company, a venture in land speculation that tried to drain the swamp and turn...

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South Carolina will consider a bill that would require schools to use Trump’s 1776 Commission Report.

John Fea   |  April 1, 2021

Here is Rob Way and Jared Kofsky of WCSC TV: South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require “instruction in United States foundational history” for all public middle and high school students in a way that is consistent...

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