by Anthony Ehly | May 3, 2026
The Democratic Funeral of 1848 is a political cartoon that captures American politics really well in the late 1840s. This image was created in 1848 and preserved by the Library of Congress and shows the Democratic Party as a corpse being mourned and buried. This was a...
by Jaclyn Schneider | Apr 27, 2026
“Joy to the World”[1] is a song with the lyrics written by Isaac Watts in 1719. Isaac was from England and attended the King Edward VI School in Southampton. The song is inspired by the Bible verse “Luke 2:10” and eventually became a Christmas song. He wrote it for...
by Hannah Baik | Apr 27, 2026
Historical Source Analysis – The “Golden Spike” Ceremony On May 10th, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, a photograph of the “Golden Spike Ceremony” was taken.[1] This monumental achievement marked by a golden spike driven into the ground, celebrated the completion of...
by Michael Corsi | Apr 27, 2026
In 1770, silversmith and patriot Paul Revere created one of the most famous images of the American Revolution: his engraving of the Boston Massacre. Based on an earlier design by Henry Pelham, Revere’s print shows British soldiers firing in a perfectly organized line...
by Simone Bajaj | Apr 23, 2026
In December 1845, Mary Paul wrote a letter to her father writing about her daily life working in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. She was a young teenage girl who left her home in Vermont for work. Her letters offer a firsthand account of the opportunities...