American Heritage

<p>Nearly 2,500 historians and authors have told the story of America in the pages of our magazine</p>

<p>This magazine will be devoted to the great task of bringing history to the people as a foundation for a stronger Americanism.</p>

<p>The greater part of our national heritage is to be found in the record of our States. From the study of that record we can gain a renewal of our most precious possession, faith in the national ideal.</p>

<p>For our 75th Anniversary, we asked leading historians to look at some of the principles and great accomplishments that have defined our Nation.</p>

<p>Friends of <em>American Heritage</em> gathered to celebrate 75 years of great writing and education about our nation's history.</p>

<p>Our American heritage is greater than any one of us.</p>

<p>The longtime adviser to American Heritage wrote history not simply as a means of talking with other historians, but in order to talk to the general reader. </p>

<p>Working for a magazine is the perfect job for a dilettante, <span class="body">a dabbler in history.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">An<em> <span class="typestyle"> American Heritage</span> </em>veteran looks at our first year to see what four decades have done to our subject.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Is Robert E. Lee getting a free ride? Is it time someone spoke up for Richard Nixon? And does anyone have the lonely courage to say that most barbecue is greasy filth? There are exaggerated reputations in every field of American history, and overlooked ones, too. We asked the experts to choose which is which.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">After a decade of writing about wars, elections, and other calamities, one of our best writers passes the baton.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Like the nation it covers, <em><span class="typestyle"> American Heritage</span></em> was revolutionary at its birth. And, like that nation’s story, ours is a real cliffhanger. </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">1914–2005</span></p>

<p>In 1962, the president wrote for <em>American Heritage</em> that the study of history is no mere pastime, but the means by which a nation establishes its sense of identity and purpose.</p>