Know your (flawed) history.
Category Archives: History
Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom | History | Smithsonian
Sometimes history is not in the grand structures or the documents of lore. Sometimes, it is in the mud.
The Civil War Fighters Who Tempted Fate With North African Fashion | Atlas Obscura
History is goofy.
Don’t believe me? Read up on the Zouaves.
Where the Vikings voyaged – interactive map – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
Things like this are a way to map history interesting and open the door to more investigation.
That said, you need a reason to research Vikings?
Formation: The Little Known History Of The Brown Berets
More things they don’t teach in school. Frankly, even what I knew about the Brown Berets was less than this article laid out.
The First Cross-Country Road Trip Took 2 Men and a Pitbull 63 Days | Atlas Obscura
The story of the first serious American road trip.
Border Patrol | Lapham’s Quarterly
Walls do not work. History tells us this.
Nor do they often say much good about those who build them.
The Origin of Krampus, Europe’s Evil Twist on Santa | Travel | Smithsonian
It is Krampus time!
Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent | Big Think | Strange Maps
The best kinds of alternate history take a real event just one step further just to see what might have been.
Conservatives confused by ‘Fortunate Son’ | MSNBC
Conservatives are pretty dumb. Case in point.
You know, like music. Or reading lyrics. Or history. Or irony.
