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These German Soldiers Inspired Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/28/20215/23/2022

Hessians earned a scary reputation in America – inspiring the “Headless Horseman” of Sleepy Hollow. But history shows these German soldiers were not so intimidating

Battles Over Ballot Boxes Are as Old as the Republic

by By Bruce M. Venter3/8/20216/17/2021

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A Law Professor Named Ruth Bader Ginsburg Changed American Society Forever

by Daniel B. Moskowitz9/19/20202/15/2024

Capitol Crimes: Congressional Violence in Civil War Run-Up

by Nancy Tappan10/12/20181/3/2022

How Congress Split 2 for 1

by Eric Ethier6/5/2018

The Two Horsemen of the Revolution

by Ethan S. Rafuse11/14/201712/18/2023

We’ve Been Here Before: Can a Brash Class of Congressional Newcomers Change the World?

by Richard Brookhiser10/2/2017

The Brigade That Never Quit: Chalmers’ Mississippians at Shiloh

by Timothy B. Smith7/11/201710/26/2023

We’ve Been Here Before: Some Partisan Fights Never End

by Richard Brookhiser6/7/2017

The ‘Do-Something’ Congress

by Tim Rowland3/16/20175/15/2017