Essays

Title Author Issue
America's First Bid for Greenland
 Kawar, Mark Spring 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln's Illegal Arrests
 Grosvenor, Edwin Spring 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry
 Meyer, Eugene Spring 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Woodrow Wilson Reconsidered
 Cox, Christopher Spring 2026
Was This the First Reported UFO?
 Bezemek, Mike Spring 2026
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
 McGraw, Eliza Spring 2026
When “Persophilia” Swept America
 Ghazvinian, John Spring 2026
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lunch on a Beam
 Felten, Eric Spring 2026
The Banker Who Helped Fund the Revolution
 Vague, Richard Spring 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dolley Madison’s World
 Allgor, Catherine Spring 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
An Update on “Save the Glover!”
 Schultz, Nancy Spring 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Would Lincoln Mourn the Death of his Penny?
 Pinsker, Matthew Winter 2026
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Envy of the World: America's Economy
 Beckert, Sven Winter 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Theodore Roosevelt Leads America Into a New Century
 Baer, Bret Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Promoting “Civic Religion”
 Liu, Eric Winter 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Refines American Democracy
 Guelzo, Allen Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“The Law is King”
 Spalding, Matthew Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Leadership of the Founders
 Ellis, Joseph Winter 2026
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
George Marshall, Organizer of Victory
 Bunting, Josiah Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
They Turned the World Upside Down
 Bell, Richard Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Marshall Transforms the Courts
 Brookhiser, Richard Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Genius of America: Our Constitution
 Lane, Eric Winter 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Ida Tarbell Takes on Rockefeller
 Gorton, Stephanie Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
When the Senate Was Great
 Shapiro, Ira Winter 2026
Special Issue: What Made America Great
 Grosvenor, Edwin Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
My Beautiful Journey: Only in America
 Roosvelt, Selwa Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Watching Apollo 8 Leave Earth
 Grosvenor, Edwin Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“Good Trouble” on the Pettus Bridge
 Grosvenor, Edwin Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Drama on Dorchester Heights: Washington’s First Victory
 Larson, Edward Winter 2026
Favorite Reader Essays of 2025
 Editors, The Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Thomas Paine: “The Birth-Day of a New World”
 Stewart, David Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Meaning of 1776
 Larson, Edward Winter 2026
“This Is My War, Too”
 Andrews, Lena Winter 2026
Being Thomas Jefferson
 Cozzens, Peter Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Memory and America’s Birthday
 Mcclay, Wilfred Winter 2026
The White House Through the Years
 McLaurin, Stewart Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“We Choose to Go to the Moon”
 Brinkley, Douglas Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Declaration Still Unites Our Nation
 Auslin, Michael Winter 2026
American Heritage Announces Audio Books
 Grosvenor, Edwin Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
What Did Martin Luther King Really Believe?
 Zeitz, Joshua Fall 2025
Knox Brings Cannon and Victory to General Washington
 Grosvenor, Edwin Fall 2025
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Dickinson: Forgotten Founder
 Calvert, Jane Fall 2025
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Little Round Top Restored
 Grosvenor, Edwin Fall 2025
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Birth of Birthright Citizenship
 Connor, Joseph Fall 2025
Still “Crazy” for Patsy Cline
 Snaith, Holley Fall 2025
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Important Early Maps of America
 Grosvenor, Edwin Fall 2025
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Shall We Have a King?”
 Leuchtenburg, William Fall 2025
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
I Watched LBJ Sign the Civil Rights Act
 Meyer, Eugene Fall 2025
A Celebration of Our Heritage
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2025
Some of Our Favorite Essays
 Grosvenor, Edwin Summer 2025