I am very excited we're including this item from our friends at U.S. National Archives in my book coming out next year on George Washington and George III. Powerful seeing Washington officially renounce his former allegiance to the king.

Great list of authors this year as always! Kudos to the NBF team on another great lineup.

Can you pass a U.S. citizenship test? The Washington Post has a civics quiz for July 4th. I scored 10 out of 10, naturally 😊🇺🇸 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ wapo.st/3zvCS75

Flag map of Austro-Hungarian Empire Ethnicities

Great pitch Dr. Hayden!

Enjoying paternity leave with some baseball on a beautiful afternoon!

TIL that there is a "Captain Marvel" character that is actually owned by DC Comics, not Marvel Comics. It's what the "Shazam" character was originally called.

Trump ended the debate by saying Kamala Harris is the worst vice president in history. Just some historical context: Aaron Burr literally killed someone and then later after his term was charged with treason for trying to create a breakaway republic.

I love this story!

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón got to do something very special on Monday. She watched as a spacecraft carrying her poem, "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa," lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the first step in a 1.8-billion mile voyage to Jupiter’s moon. 🧵

I have a new blog post out on the latest Library of Congress Crime Classic, "V as in Victim." Written by Lawrence Treat, this book is the first police procedural. Fascinating seeing what passed for forensic science in 1944 compared to modern versions via CSI blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/01/v-…

TIL the US National Guard dates its origins to 1636

Great snippet of a Library of Congress Crime Classic being recorded!

In high school I learned the causes as "MAIN": Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Obviously a lot of subtlety within those categories.