Read more American history stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/40691/american-history.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:56:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71435/washington-was-good-with-a-buck-accounts-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFitting enough for the guy who ended up on the dollar bill, George Washington seems to have tracked every buck that crossed his path. The first president not only left scores of diaries and letters reflecting his views, but also assiduously documented his financial transactions. The result? A treasure trove...http://www.newser.com/story/71435/washington-was-good-with-a-buck-accounts-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 9:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “the...http://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67033/right-wing-crazy-is-all-american.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the left back in power, we’re seeing right-wing "crazies"—the “birthers, tea-partiers, town hall hecklers”—getting louder. But that’s nothing new, writes Rick Perlstein in the Washington Post . In America, “the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and elites exploit the crazy for their own narrow...http://www.newser.com/story/67033/right-wing-crazy-is-all-american.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 8:23:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is sending the files on some 21 million immigrants to the National Archives, revealing volumes of early 20th-century history, USA Today reports. The documents tell the stories of celebrities like Salvador Dali as well as the successes and tribulations of ordinary people, from refugees to “enemy aliens.” “As...http://www.newser.com/story/60973/decades-of-us-immigration-history-comes-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60426/lost-and-found-letter-shows-lincolns-terse-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA handwritten note dated just a few days before Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has finally made its way back to the National Archives, the Washington Post reports. The terse communication from the president to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase addressed corruption charges against a Lincoln appointee. "Even though this item...http://www.newser.com/story/60426/lost-and-found-letter-shows-lincolns-terse-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 10:59:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59994/woman-won-male-rights-fighting-in-civil-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA veteran of 40 Civil War skirmishes and battles kept one secret under wraps: her breasts. Union Army soldier Albert Cashier was really Jennie Hodgers, one of hundreds of women who fought in the war. "The country needed men, and I wanted excitement," Hodgers said. She also benefited from 19th-century...http://www.newser.com/story/59994/woman-won-male-rights-fighting-in-civil-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 18:50:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59957/10-odd-facts-about-world-war-ii.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Memorial Day and the 65th anniversary of Normandy coming up, it's time for a World War II history review. The Chicago Tribune has dug up ten strange facts: Elsie Mitchell and five children died in Gearhart Mountain, Ore., in May 1945, by touching a Japanese "balloon bomb" that had...http://www.newser.com/story/59957/10-odd-facts-about-world-war-ii.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 16:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59508/spielberg-snags-mlk-movie-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first authorized biopic of Martin Luther King Jr. will be a Steven Spielberg production. The filmmaker's DreamWorks studio has obtained the rights from King's family, NPR reports. No word yet on whether Spielberg himself will direct or who will play the main role (Denzel? Jamie Foxx?). King’s children are...http://www.newser.com/story/59508/spielberg-snags-mlk-movie-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 17:23:28 CDT