Latest book read and reviewed: Let's Roll, by Lisa Beamer. Next month marks the quarter century anniversary of September 11, 2001 and this book steers us towards finding hope in the wake of tragedy. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

In case you're wondering, this means that people born in 2005 are now playing Major League Baseball. The Yanks badly need a tonic right now and I hope Lombard can provide it.

Pinstripe Alley@pinstripealley.bsky.social · last wk.

It's a new day, baby.

This is the first book I am aware of that deals with the Artemis II mission. As an avid consumer of astronaut literature, I look forward to adding this to my collection in October. www.amazon.com/dp/133500415...

My first appearance in #ScholarSunday. Thank you!

Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 2w ago

Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

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We Chose to Go to the Moon, With Joy Woods, Skylar Astin, Claybourne Elder, More, Will Premiere on PBS in November

Michael Mayer directed John Monsky's historical symphonic work in April at Carnegie Hall.

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On this day 57 years ago, a helicopter like this one participated in the Pacific Ocean recovery of the Apollo 11 crew.

I understand that there are many history teachers on this app. If you would like a thorough list of readings on spaceflight history, I hope this will be of use to you.

Clio and the Contemporary@cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 3w ago

From ancient visions to Artemis II, this syllabus by @drtylerpeterson.bsky.social addresses global perspectives on the history of #spaceflight. 🗃️

Moon missions are grounded not only in technologies, but in the social and political realities of their time. Comparing Apollo and #Artemis eras, @drtylerpeterson.bsky.social draws throughlines of turmoil and innovation. 🗃️

Reflecting on Apollo in the Age of Artemis

The recent Artemis II launch reminds us that moon missions are grounded not only in technologies, but in the social and political realities of their time.

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On this day in 1941, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak came to an end. Eighty-five years later, no one has come close to breaking his record. Watch our clip from @kenlburns.bsky.social's BASEBALL.

Happy birthday to Disneyland! Here is the opening day broadcast from Anaheim on July 17, 1955. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wKIp...

Disneyland Opening Day Broadcast (1955) (Remastered 4K 60FPS)

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Latest book read and reviewed: This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History, by Beverly Gage. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

We're now accepting proposals for a new series, History in an Afternoon. We're looking for topics related to American history that are short (30k–50k words), story-driven, and speak to a larger idea or theme. For more info, visit the series page here: https://bit.ly/history-in-an-afternoon

Verify your age: I received a Super Nintendo for Christmas when I was in elementary school and worked relentlessly as Mario to knock out Bowser when he swooped at me in his clown car.

Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️@phdrachel.bsky.social · last mo.

Verify your age: I used to print out Mapquest directions and take them in the car with me.

I have now made my first trip to San Diego, CA, visiting an air and space museum and the USS Midway Museum. Being close to the Pacific coast on a balmy day is a soul-lifting experience and an educational one for a historian like myself.

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

I also had the good fortune to visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley today. No matter one's political beliefs, it is located in a beautiful location and is a fertile place to learn about not only the president, but all American history via the America 250 exhibit.

The Autry Museum of the American West does a great job of tying Los Angeles, CA into the history of social justice on the North American continent, from its founding in 1781 through the anti-ICE protests of 2025.

Today I made my first trip to Burbank, California and came across this display on The Right Stuff. The props that one can see at Warner Brothers studios date back to the early days of film.

As a spaceflight historian, I was also struck by this scene in Tomorrowland because this is where the Rocket to the Moon and then Mission to Mars attractions operated from the 1950s to the 1980s. How many people who contributed to the space program were inspired by this Southern Cal. attraction?

Soarin' Across America is an amazing way to take in a 250th national birthday, capping a weekend that also featured a tribute to the armed services and a fireworks extravaganza at Disneyland.

Happy Independence Day from Anaheim, California! My trip has been a great chance to reflect on Walt Disney's vision and on Abraham Lincoln's as well, via the words of his 1838 Lyceum address.

I remember going to Philadelphia a few years ago and thinking about what American POWs living there might have been thinking after the British took the city. This is what I will be thinking about again next week: the persistence in the midst of agonizing mental and physical conditions. #HATM

I have read that the quote about "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" is actually apocryphal. I remember first hearing it in elementary school, but it may not actually be accurate. #HATM

Whenever I think about Paul Revere, I think about the poem written in his honor after his death. Would our perception of him be significantly different without the writing of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? #HATM

One of the things I have tried to impress on my students is that the American colonists had grown up in a culture that was conducive to learning about firearms and other weapons. This was one of the factors working in their favor during a very frightening time in Massachusetts. #HATM

One of my favorite memories of my trip to Boston was the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. Especially if you have a child with you, I recommend that you take a trip there to spark the imagination of that child in a hands-on way. #HATM

Just in case you are a teacher who is not aware, @phdrachel.bsky.social has a primary source activity on the Boston Massacre on her website. #HATM

When I first watched this first episode of the documentary earlier this week, I was a bit surprised to not see any mention of the Battle of the Monongahela. I find this to be among the most intriguing episodes of Washington's life, in no small part due to his good fortune to avoid death. #HATM

Is anybody else looking forward to the Young Washington movie during America's 250th birthday week? I will be on a California vacation and bought a ticket to a showing at a theater in San Diego. #HATM

I would be interested in seeing a study of how many U.S. presidents or other prominent figures in U.S. History lost their fathers at a young age, and how this affected each of them. I remember hearing that one cannot understand an adult's life without understanding that person's childhood. #HATM