The 50 Most Visited Historic Sites in America
By Wyatt Massey, Stacker News
On 5/12/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
An unidentified person on a bench that overlooks a valley and beyond, the Hudson River, at the Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York, 2018.
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From the Underground Railroad to presidential porches, historical sites offer visitors a new experience and a social studies lesson all in one. At historic sites across the nation, tourists can enter into a different time, worldview, or social status with nothing more than a park pass. We can visit some locations to pay our respects to painful pasts, and others to celebrate American icons and pioneers.
May 12, 2021
By Sarah Vowell
Ms. Vowell, a contributing Opinion writer and the author of âThe Wordy Shipmatesâ and âLafayette in the Somewhat United States,â writes extensively about Montana, the American West and U.S. history.
BOZEMAN, Mont. â âIsnât it beautiful?â asked the stranger veering toward me on the bridge.
By Montana standards, Bozeman Creek is actually a humdrum little drip. I had paused crossing the bridge because a crow had just dumped a gnawed mouse carcass into the water. But hearing the dreamy catch in the womanâs voice, I looked up from the furry portent of death floating downstream and answered, âSort of?â
The Conservative Case for Cryptocurrency
This isn’t investment advice. It’s a warning.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
If you listen to defenders of the US dollar, you might get the idea that cryptocurrencies are only good for funding terrorism and hard drugs. And when you consider that cryptocurrencies represent a pretty clear break with tradition, a conservative might be inclined to stick with what’s familiar.
That’s understandable. One of conservatism’s hallmarks is skepticism of change that happens too quickly or threatens well-established institutions. In this way, many conservatives think the US dollar is good enough:
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
We’ve all heard the story about Thomas Jefferson going forward with the Louisiana Purchase even though he thought it was a violation of the Constitution. But there’s much more history to it, and that includes a proposed amendment, James Madison, Albert Gallatin, John Dickinson and even Thomas Paine.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 30, 2021