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December 2020
The recipes listed below are taken from the American Heritage Cookbook, which was published in eight editions from 1964 to the mid-1980s.
The dinners listed below are taken from the American Heritage Cookbook, which was published in eight editions from 1964 to the mid-1980s.
Editor's Note: Vincent DiGirolamo is a professor of history at Baruch College in New York City. This essay is adapted from his most recent book, Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys (Oxford University Press), which won the 2020 Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians, among others.
Christmas was an especially meaningful holiday at Mount Vernon. George and Martha Washington were married on Twelfth Night in 1759, and throughout their lives they tried to spend the Christmas holiday season together. Even during the Revolution, Martha Washington traveled the winter roads with a military escort to join the General in his winter quarters.
Our cover image comes from John Trumball's dramatic 1786 painting, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775. Trumball, of course, was one of the most prolific painters of the Revolutionary War, in which he himself served.
This special issue wouldn't have been possible without the help of Matthew Palatnik, our Editorial Assistant. Matthew is a promising young historian and three-time winner of the National History Day competition.
Editor's Note: One of our most popular Facebook posts last month was about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which marked its 57th anniversary on November 22. The post received over 6,000 likes and 1,000 comments, underscoring how deeply embedded the event remains in American memory. Read some of them here, and don't forget to like our Facebook page for more posts like this:
"I was just a little girl when this tragedy occurred. Over the years I've heard so many theories connected to his death. One thing that always stuck in my mind was his little boy saluting. We'll probably never find out what actually happened in Dallas that sad day."
In 2020 we published nearly 100 articles in nine issues, the most we have ever published in a year. Here are the articles sorted by the approximate date of the subject of the essay:
In 2020 we published nearly 100 articles in nine issues, the most we have ever published in a year. Here are the articles sorted by issue:
In 2020 we published nearly 100 articles in nine issues, the most we have ever published in a year. Here are the articles sorted by the author of the article: