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Canada Day

Canada Day celebrates our nation’s history since 1867. We remember explorers’ economic opportunity and the defence of liberty. Let’s celebrate our diverse past, partnership, and optimism that built our vibrant nation. Happy Canada Day!

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Gettysburg Address

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated,…

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David McCullough

Earlier last month, we lost the much-beloved historian David McCullough, known for his narrative history of presidents and pioneers. He had a talent for making his writing leap off the page and bringing historical accounts to life. He is famously known for his triumph, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize…

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The Decline of History Degrees

Yet in centers of learning across North America, the study of the past in general, and of wars in particular, is in spectacular eclipse. History now accounts for a smaller share of undergraduate degrees than at any time since 1950. Whereas in 1970, 6% of American male and 5% of…

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