On May 29, 1848, #Wisconsin became the thirtieth state admitted to the Union. The “Badger State” was the last state formed in its entirety from the Northwest Territory. Textured with beautiful landscapes and abundant natural resources, Wisconsin has a rich legacy of concern regarding their conservation.| Library of Congress
What Might This War Do to Russia? – Кампанія Солідарності з Україною
"This is the third installment of a trilogy of texts from a historian’s perspective about the possibility of democratic change in #Russia"
"only ignominious defeat, accompanied by economic hardship, has a chance of producing the unrest and dissatisfaction with the dictatorship that could allow a democratic regeneration of Russia"
"International Darwin Day on February 12th will inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin. It will be a day of celebration, activism, and international cooperation for the advancement of science, education, and human well-being"
(the rest of you can just labor under your delusions)
Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction LitHub
"As PEN America’s new report Reading Between the Bars shows, #books banned in prisons by some states dwarf all other book censorship in school and public libraries. Prison censorship robs those behind bars of everything from exercise and health to art and even yoga, often for reasons that strain credulity"
The strangest category of bans however, are the ones on magical and fantastical literature.
22 November 1963: assassination of John F. Kennedy. This five-cent stamp featuring the eternal flame from his grave in Arlington National Cemetery and words from his inaugural address was the first US commemorative dedicated to him (a 13-cent stamp followed in 1967)
President John F. #Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas OTD 1963. He gave his last public speech here on October 26, 1963 at the groundbreaking of the Robert Frost #Library at Amherst College. For good reason, it is considered one of his greatest.
Ann & Joseph Blumenthal (typographer and publisher of Frost's poetry) produced 600 copies of this keepsake as their holiday greeting for 1964-1965. The woodcut is by Fritz Kredel
#JFK had been unable to attend a memorial service for Frost in February
#JFK was assassinated OTD 1963. His last public speech, delivered a month earlier at the groundbreaking for Robert #Frost#Library, Amherst College, is considered one of his greatest.
Best known for its soaring praise of the artist in society and the call to measure a nation's greatness by its culture rather than power alone, it in fact began with a plea for educated elites to recognize their privilege and "to put back into our society."
Suddenly realizing that it is the hour for #Halloween visitors (not that we get any in this neighborhood) and spirits, I cannot fail to share a photo of this marvelous sculptural installation, which a colleague sent me several years ago
Cultural historian of modern Europe, Hampshire College, Amherst MAAllied faculty, UMass Public HistoryRevolutionary era, World Wars, Nazism, antisemitism.Book history, German literature, material culture, historic preservation.Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitismhttp://tiny.cc/iv43vz• Chair of Board, Massachusetts Center for the Book• Past posts-Treasurer, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, & Publishing-Chair, Amherst Historical Commission-Amherst Select Board