If you’re planning to enjoy turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce this Thanksgiving, you can thank President Abraham Lincoln and Sarah Josepha Hale, author and journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick said in a lecture on campus on Tuesday. Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and a senior fellow at the...
American History should be judged by its centerpiece, the Gettysburg Address, said Susan Hanssen, an associate professor and department chair of history at the University of Dallas, on March 30 at a talk entitled “The 1863 Project: Gettysburg.” Hanssen is the author of several works on G.K. Chesterton, the diplomacy of the John Adams family,...
People can think what they want about Rick Snyder, but during his time as governor he ended one of the longest-running debates in our state history. On Nov. 25 of last year, the governor signed into law a package of 13 bills related to modernizing historical marker laws that makes the term “Michigander” the official...