Histories often conform to a narrative, which is often simplified or edited for reasons of brevity or emphasis. The typical Greek-American historical narrative will focus on the mass immigration of generally impoverished Greeks to the United States in the...
DNA recovered from Thomas Jefferson’s hair has provided the strongest genetic evidence yet that the third U.S. president fathered children with Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman at Monticello. Researchers compared Jefferson’s recovered genetic material with living descendants of Hemings...
For much of the Western world, Easter ranks as one of the most important and widely celebrated holidays of the year. In the United States, however, it doesn’t hold quite the same prominence. While Americans do observe Easter, it...
Although pumpkins are now grown and consumed in some form worldwide, they stem from North America. They feature so prominently on our Thanksgiving tables, usually in the form of pumpkin pie, that they are worth a bit of appreciation...
In the path of the United States of America to nationhood, the influence of Ancient Greece and its philosophers looms large. The Founding Fathers, the architects of American democracy, learned many of the fundamental principles of freedom, democracy, and...
Louisiana recently voted to keep Slavery. Four U.S. states voted to remove language from their state constitutions that said slavery is legal as a criminal punishment. Yet, Louisiana voted on the contrary. In other words, those in Louisiana voted...
Wielding DNA evidence, a mystery of long ago has been solved. Scientists saved the face of a buried Connecticut vampire. The actual man, who was accused of being a vampire, had a name—John Barber. Barber's skull suggests he had...
