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The Philadelphia: Our Most Evocative National Relic
by Jack Kelly I have traveled to Revolutionary-era battlefields and forts. I’ve examined countless eighteenth-century muskets, uniforms, swords, and shoe buckles. I’ve looked at...
Franz Jägerstätter Is The Most Famous German Conscientious Objector In History
A conscientious objector is an individual who has “claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.” The...
An Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion
by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated—and maybe even...
Calling All Baseball Fans: Books to Read for Opening Day
By The History Reader Major League Baseball’s Opening Day has long been a symbol of rebirth for baseball fans, a day where the previous season’s slate is wiped clean as records...
Here’s the Catch: Pathway to the Majors
By Ron Swoboda In Here’s the Catch, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of the Mets’ miraculous 1969 World Series win, the incredible season leading up to that moment, the...
Inside the March Journal of American History
The March 2021 issue of the JAH is now available online for subscribers. Three outstanding articles, previewed below, anchor this month’s issue, including Dylan C. Penningroth’s...
The New King: George I of Great Britain
by Peter Ackroyd In the following excerpt from Revolution, Peter Ackroyd transports readers to England in 1714, where Prince George of Germany is about to be crowned King George...