Everything Has a History
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The Ghost of Ash Lawn
Everything Has a History
Mariaelena DiBenigno | Feb 27, 2023
James Monroe’s Highland is haunted—but not as the public imagines it. -
Trees and the College Campus
Everything Has a History
Elizabeth Stice | Jan 30, 2023
The tree has become an essential symbol of college life. -
The Philadelphia Lazaretto
Everything Has a History
David Barnes | Dec 28, 2022
Quarantine at the Lazaretto met many migrants when they arrived in 19th-century Philadelphia. -
The 20-Sided Die
Everything Has a History
Ian Tonat | Nov 29, 2022
From basements to Fifth Avenue boutiques, the 20-sided die represents the rise of all things geek in contemporary culture.
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The Short Telescope
Simon P. Newman | Oct 27, 2022
American universities are not the only ones who must confront legacies of the slave trade. -
WAR Dolls
Krista Grensavitch | Sep 28, 2022
In the 1980s, education was one way feminists hoped to prevent child abuse and assault. -
The Peach Tree
Robert Antony | Aug 30, 2022
From their wood to their fruit, peach trees form a powerful guard against evil in Chinese folklore. -
The Elocution Cage
Jeremy C. Young | Apr 27, 2022
Could training in a bamboo cage make for better public speaking? -
Elevator Sounds
Alexandra Hui | Mar 30, 2022
Elevators are inherently noisy contraptions. The conveyance machinery hisses and whirs, bells ding i...
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