U.S. History

R.C. Hickman, One of the Most Important Photographers in Dallas' History, Has Died

Proud of My Fellow T.J. Patriots

On Sale, T.J. Tees for True Patriots

Banter

Stonewall Jackson's House would be politically incorrect, but Jimmy hates that term

Out of bounds

GOP congressional candidate Sessions crosses lines to get son into prized school

History in the making

Richardson video company searches for past heroes and gets rave reviews

Buzz

Richardson video company searches for past heroes and gets rave reviews

Don't know much about history

Tony Kaye's film? New Line's film? No wonder no one wants to claim American History X

Presidential suite

Tony Kaye's film? New Line's film? No wonder no one wants to claim American History X

Crying fowl

Wildlife activists claim that the managers at Samuell Farm Park are abusing the land, its animals, and anyone else who gets in their way

Southern fried

What's in a name? A lot of ugly history, at least when it comes to Jefferson Davis Elementary.

Best elementary school

Stonewall Jackson Elementary

See, It Isn't Only Latte-Sippin' NPR Listeners Who Read New York Times Op-Eds

'Bout a month ago, we mentioned Chuck Norris's column in which he kinda, sorta suggested that just maybe it was time he ran for president of Texas. A sentence from that piece -- in which Norris wondered, "Will history need to record a second American Revolution?" -- prompted this Charles Blow New Yo ... More >>

Sing And Sign

1776 celebrates that important Declaration

Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

1776 celebrates that important Declaration

Get Con-Fed Up

Home, home in the Village...

He Got Rhythm

Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music

Photo Galleria

Nordstrom hosts black history in pictures

Tinseltown Treasures

Tyler's reels get special screenings

Jefferson Scholarship

Today belongs to TJ at TCU

History, in the Ring

Today belongs to TJ at TCU

What's the Deal?

FDR clowns around at Stone Street

Aping Abraham

See Lincolnesque in Fort Worth

The Dogcatcher

See Ice Cube's dad in Addison

Because of Dixie Win

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Death From Above 1979

CSA envisions life today if the South had won the war

Art From A to Z

The DMA's great American paper chase

Cage Death Match

National Treasure makes one long for a good movie... like Con Air

New Look at New England

Look in the cupboards at Cherished Possessions: A New EnglandLegacy

Watch the Detectives

Unlock history's mysteries on KERA

Suck It

Mug down on mudbugs during Crawfest 2004

Active Cultures

Juneteenth Film Festival is worth the wait

Riding High

Frisco has its own field of dreams

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Frisco has its own field of dreams

Killing in the Name of...

These Generals frequently speak the name of the Lord, but is it in vain?

Sarah Quite Contrary

Sarah Vowell leaves the Cannoli and takes on dead presidents

Buzz

Mission improbable; Whistling Dixie

Biting the hand

New Theatre's Stonewall Jackson's House is an exhausting, rewarding comic debate

North, South, Blue, Gray

New Theatre's Stonewall Jackson's House is an exhausting, rewarding comic debate

Nuts For Carver

The African-American Museum salutes An Extraordinary Man

Handle The Proof: The Spirit Of '76

Ben Franklin and John Adams, possibly discussing where to go for booze, in 1776.In the musical 1776, Stephen "Old Grape and Guts" Hopkins bursts into the Continental Congress' meeting room each morning demanding rum before getting down to the day's business. Of course, there may have been some licen ... More >>

Titus Andronicus Tries To Right The Ship

Ben Franklin and John Adams, possibly discussing where to go for booze, in 1776.In the musical 1776, Stephen "Old Grape and Guts" Hopkins bursts into the Continental Congress' meeting room each morning demanding rum before getting down to the day's business. Of course, there may have been some licen ... More >>

Explore Some Art

Ben Franklin and John Adams, possibly discussing where to go for booze, in 1776.In the musical 1776, Stephen "Old Grape and Guts" Hopkins bursts into the Continental Congress' meeting room each morning demanding rum before getting down to the day's business. Of course, there may have been some licen ... More >>

Barack Obama and Our Most Athletic Presidents

​Wasn't exactly Cortland Finnegan vs. Andre Johnson, but The Prez got into a scuffle last Friday. On the basketball court. With an elbow. Barack Obama received 12 stitches to a cut on his lower lip after an errant elbow during a pick-up game by Rey Decerega, the Director of Programs for ... More >>

The Eaters in Chief

Thomas Jefferson: great taste in food -- plus he helped give us that whole separation of church/state thing.​The federal holiday Americans observe next Monday was originally designed to honor George Washington. But when the government standardized its celebrations in 1968, they stuck the annua ... More >>

Of Broccoli-Hating, Deranged Bowels and Ex-Presidents

Yeah, we don't like broccoli either.​Abraham Lincoln had plenty of notable characteristics, but a healthy appetite wasn't among them. Even his stepmother wasn't impressed by his eating habits: "Abe was a moderate eater," she recalled. Lincoln typically ate an egg for breakfast and an apple for ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Titus Andronicus at Club Dada on Wednesday Night

​ Titus Andronicus' phenomenal 2010 release, The Monitor, is a fairly dense album -- not necessarily because of its visceral combination of punk aesthetic with indie rock instrumentation, but because of its subject matter, which centers around the Civil War. So it's quite fitting then, that the An ... More >>

Grab Your Stovepipe and Dance

​ Titus Andronicus' phenomenal 2010 release, The Monitor, is a fairly dense album -- not necessarily because of its visceral combination of punk aesthetic with indie rock instrumentation, but because of its subject matter, which centers around the Civil War. So it's quite fitting then, that the An ... More >>

As the Governor Declares August 6 "Day of Prayer and Fasting," One Response to Rick Perry's "The Response" Event

From Governor Rick Perry's Flickr pageRick Perry and Sarah Palin at that Heroic Media event at the Majestic Theatre last November​Speaking of over-the-weekenders, the morning paper had a pay wall piece Saturday about Governor Rick Perry's "call to prayer for a nation in crisis" scheduled for Augus ... More >>

Gorgeous George

From Governor Rick Perry's Flickr pageRick Perry and Sarah Palin at that Heroic Media event at the Majestic Theatre last November​Speaking of over-the-weekenders, the morning paper had a pay wall piece Saturday about Governor Rick Perry's "call to prayer for a nation in crisis" scheduled for Augus ... More >>