HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP April Fool’s six best political pranks on politicians, pundits and people Source: Washington Times, 4-1-12 You would think we would learn, but every year, somewhere, someone, including politicians, forgets that April 1 is April Fool’s Day. And they get pranked. This has been going on [...]
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History Buzz February 19, 2012: New Museums; the National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Center for Civil and Human Rights & International African American Museum to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP New Museums to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era Source: NYT, 2-19-12 Andrew Councill for The New York Times The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington plans to display the lunch counter from an important civil rights protest in [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 19, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/history-buzz-february-19-2012-new-museums-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights-international-african-american-museum-to-shine-sp/
History Buzz February 8, 2012: Black History Month Facts 2012
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Black History Month Facts 2012 Source: Newsmax.com, 2-8-12 Black History Month, occurring each February, is a month dedicated to celebrating and remembering the history, accomplishments, and triumphs of black American culture, is in full swing. According to Biography.com, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Rev. Jesse [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 8, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/history-buzz-february-8-2012-black-history-month-facts-2012/
History Buzz December 8, 2011: Terry Golway: NJ Professor Looks Back On FDR’s Handling Of Pearl Harbor Using Radio
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Terry Golway: NJ Professor Looks Back On FDR’s Handling Of Pearl Harbor Using Radio HISTORY NEWS Source: New York WCBS 880, 12-8-11 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt after delivering a fireside chat (credit: Wikipedia) Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first great communicator, the first president to seize [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on December 8, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/history-buzz-december-8-2011-terry-golway-nj-professor-looks-back-on-fdrs-handling-of-pearl-harbor-using-radio/
History Buzz November 30, 2011: First Look Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg Film
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY NEWS Daniel Day-Lewis As Abraham Lincoln (PHOTO) Source: Huff Post, 11-30-11 From the moment Steven Spielberg chose Daniel Day-Lewis to play Abraham Lincoln in his upcoming biopic about the president, movie fans have been excited to see just how closely the Oscar-winner would be [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 30, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/history-buzz-november-30-2011-first-look-daniel-day-lewis-abraham-lincoln-steven-spielberg-film/
History Buzz November 27, 2011: Eliot Cohen: Canada won the War of 1812, U.S. historian admits
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY NEWS — 1812 BICENTENNIAL Source: National Post, 11-27-11 Geoff Robins/Postmedia News A War of 1812 re-enactment at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London, Ontario. Which side won the war has been long disputed. In a relatively rare admission for an American scholar, a leading U.S. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 27, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/history-buzz-november-27-2011-eliot-cohen-canada-won-the-war-of-1812-us-historian-admits/
History Buzz November 22, 2011: Catherine Emerson: American historian likens Laura Secord’s heroism to ‘Sunday walk’ praises American heroine Betsy Doyle
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY NEWS Source: Vancouver Sun, 11-22-11 A U.S. historian who unearthed new evidence about the life of a War of 1812 heroine from New York has dismissed Laura Secord’s famous midnight dash to save Canada from invasion as a mere “Sunday walk” in the woods [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 22, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/history-buzz-november-22-2011-catherine-emerson-american-historian-likens-laura-secords-heroism-sunday-walk-praises-american-heroine-betsy-doyle/
History Buzz November 21, 2011: David Cannadine: Leave UK history curriculum alone but teach it for longer, says U.S. historian
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY EDUCATION NEWS Source: Guardian (UK), 11-21-11 Towards the end of a typically barnstorming performance at the Hay Festival in May last year, during which Niall Ferguson had rubbished the way history was taught in this country, the spotlight was turned towards the audience to [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 21, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/history-buzz-november-21-2011-david-cannadine-leave-uk-history-curriculum-alone-teach-longer-says-us-historian/
