Garrick Sapp at Trudge to Truth·21 hours agoYoungkin Rhymes with DunkinMassachusetts has one Dunkin Donut store for every 6,440 people in the state. In Connecticut there is one store for every 7,410 people. 16% of all Dunkin Donut stores are in Massachusetts and Connecticut yet they account for only 3% of the country’s population. …Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
Tomas McIntee·1 day agoMember-onlyWhy do Americans hate parliamentary systems?America has a long history of rejecting indirect elections. — Political scientists divide democracies into two major types of systems: Parliamentary systems, where the person in charge of government (usually a prime minister) is indirectly elected by the members of the national legislature; and presidential systems, where the person in charge of government is elected independently of the national legislature.Us History8 min readUs History8 min read
Garrick Sapp at Trudge to Truth·1 day agoFirepower — A ReviewWhen I was in my 20s, I enjoyed historical fiction. I became an avid reader in the navy and would be so engrossed in a book that F-14s slamming into the deck above me went unnoticed. On one cruise I was obsessed with Leon Uris. He was very good at…Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
Garrick Sapp at Trudge to Truth·Mar 13End the MadnessThis is a rough draft in preparation for a public statement I will make soon. Thought I would share it. Thank you for the opportunity to make a statement today. My father is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was a career naval officer who flew combat missions in Vietnam…Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
Garrick Sapp at Trudge to Truth·Mar 12Was Patrick Cleburne the Exception?Most Civil War historians give Patrick Cleburne credit for being ahead of his time. Some will even say that he was not a supporter of slavery. “It is our most vulnerable point, a continued embarrassment, and in some respects an insidious weakness.” Historians will reference Cleburne’s statement buttressing his argument…Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
Pradeep MenoninILLUMINATION·Mar 12Member-onlyPlace and Dis-Place: Renegotiating Roles in Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and Goodness of GodIn Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, the author relates the story of her captivity among Native Americans during King Philip’s War. Her work is significant not only because it is one of the earliest memoirs written by a woman in America, but also because it was written…Us History19 min readUs History19 min read
Jim MurphyinSouthwark History·Mar 8George Washington’s Big SurpriseIf he didn’t rotate his slaves out of Pa. every six months … they’d be freed! “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn taught me one thing: history is written by the winners … or whoever’s in power. And the over-8-year-long President’s House project in Philadelphia certainly followed that playbook — at least at the start. The first steps of the National Park…Us History8 min readUs History8 min read
Garrick Sapp at Trudge to Truth·Mar 5An Interesting Tidbit on John Brown“He is a bundle of the best nerves I ever saw. Cut and thrust and bleeding and in bonds. He is a man of clear head, of courage, fortitude, and simple ingeniousness. …Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
The Alcatraz Blog·Mar 3Showdown at Barker BeachThe fourth escape attempt from Alcatraz involves the largest group yet. Five prisoners break through near-unbreakable bars and make it to the water…then one of them decides to mention that he doesn’t know how to swim. Arthur Barker: Arthur Barker was born in Missouri, moving to Oklahoma as a child. He was…Us History6 min readUs History6 min read
unRedacTheFacts·Mar 3National Council on Public History Instagram Takeover. Day 5 of 5. (un)Redact the Facts.From February 20–24, 2023, I took over the National Council on Public History’s Instagram account. It was their first one for 2023. …Us History4 min readUs History4 min read
