There are "absolutely" elements of American history that are shameful, says Jon Meacham, but "I think that it's remarkable that we've gotten as much right as we have."
"History is a conversation with the past in the present, hopefully creating a future that we will be proud of."
Ken Burns: “They’re not asking us Americans to look into our complex past. We’re being told to abbreviate it, to make it only positive. These are all examples of a deep and abiding insecurity. Lincoln needed no monument in his lifetime. You have to get past the presidency for the country to judge, not for you to judge how great you are”
@kevinjramsey So true! But remember the most important expedition that was successful, was your great-great grandfather Henrick from Granna, Sweden who made it to the Boston, Mass area in 1854, and as it is said, the rest is history…
@PaulStanleyLive Paul — I remember interviewing you and the guys in Washington, DC in 1974,with Rolling Stone writer Gordon Fletcher (also RIP). To this day, I remember you exclaiming, when I asked you and Gene what your ambition was for the band, “to be bigger than the New York Dolls.”
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Waitsfield on Saturday morning to protest Vice President JD Vance, who is visiting Vermont with his family for a ski trip this weekend.
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum has a meltdown when Mark Kelly says that there would be abortion bans under Trump.
"It doesn't have anything to do with Trump. It all went back to the states! ... it's a state issue. Not a federal issue!"
Watch the latest What Rocks to discover the hidden history and presidential lore behind one of the most storied buildings at Georgetown: Old North. https://t.co/M6puLcXiBP
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