Part II of my series on civilian control of the military is live! I cover the Whiskey Rebellion to Ulysses S. Grant, then pose some questions for us to consider today. Check it out and let me know what you think. open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...
Lindsay M. Chervinsky
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Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library @mount_vernon. 🖊️ MAKING THE PRESIDENCY & THE CABINET. 🐶 mom. Views my own.
Such a fun week with @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social teaching George Washington and the Founding for 50 teachers. It was so energizing and a great reminder of the amazing teachers doing the incredible history work in classroom.
@lmchervinsky.bsky.social, author of MAKING THE PRESIDENCY, quoted in @pbsnews.org 's America at a Crossroads series on the country's 250th anniversary. Read the full review: https://page1m.co/4wuSGin Pick up your copy of the book here: https://page1m.co/4h0BmNP
"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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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.
Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment
Tibor M. Kalman@kalmantibs.bsky.social · last mo.Beautiful gesture from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, illuminating the Mother Ukraine monument in Kyiv in Stars & Stripes of the American flag. May the world continue to stand firmly alongside the resilient, courageous people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom & liberty. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🕊️ #4thOfJuly
President John Adams set the standard for what peaceful transitions of power should be. @monacharen.bsky.social's book club this month on "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic," is live with author @lmchervinsky.bsky.social.
Marking the #4thofJuly today by watching the new @netflix.com documentary “The American Experiment” featuring the brilliant insights of an inspiring array of scholars including @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lmchervinsky.bsky.social, and @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9X...
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"Women, people of color, and immigrants were essential to the Revolution’s success." America was, and is, about all of us. It's a story we have to keep telling and improving upon.
Who Gets to Claim 1776?
If the republic is to last another 250 years, Americans need to see themselves in its origin story.
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The founding generation inspired our predecessors to inch toward perfection. Only recently has that legacy of innovation, and the history of our revolutionary origins, fallen by the wayside. @lmchervinsky.bsky.social on the legacy and future of our republic: lnk.thebulwark.com/4eV1Y0c
One week from tonight on @pbsnews.org with the legendary Judy Woodruff and Ron Chernow. It was the privilege of a lifetime to be at Independence Hall after hours. I hope you tune in!
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
Obama on the message of the 250th: "In a newly independent US, there will be no kings"
I’m probably most proud of this line of any I have uttered on a podcast.
Jim Ambuske@jimambuske.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy favorite line in the latest episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is @lmchervinsky.bsky.social's observation that John Quincy Adams had "no Fs left to give" after his presidency. Do yourself a favor and learn why by listening to this episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
So excited to be giving a Ford Evening Book Talk at George Washington's Mount Vernon tonight, 7 pm, for my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery. Thank you @lmchervinsky.bsky.social and the Washington Library's amazing staff--I am very grateful for this opportunity!
I gave a lot of thought to my last newsletter before the 250th. I selected two royal visits to the United States and what they revealed about the nation on this big anniversary. It’s the ultimate irony, but worth considering. I hope you’ll check it out. open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...
When I started reading for my PhD exams, I made the mistake of beginning with this book. A month later, I had several legal pads full of notes and questions plus the realization I was going to have to delay my exams. One of those books that launched hundreds of others
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 2mo agoWood's *Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787* is probably one of my top 5 books in US History. It came out in 1969. I read it in grad school in the 1990s. I wanted my students to get a taste of it so I assigned a chapter in my US to 1865 class this past semester. uncpress.org/978080784723...
What a fabulous analysis of a president writing about a president. I love Lincoln, I so enjoy reading Obama on Lincoln for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social, and I learned much from @civilwarmemory.bsky.social.
Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere is my take on President Obama's essay about Abraham Lincoln. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Featured in today’s civic education news roundup from The Renovator! @the-renovator.bsky.social
Civic Education News Roundup: Reports of the death of civic education have been greatly exaggerated.
It felt like summer in Philadelphia last week, but I hope attendees at the Jack Miller Center’s annual summit beat the heat and visited some historical sites in honor of America’s 250th!
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky@lmchervinsky.bsky.social · 3mo agoLast week, I was talking about the upcoming 250th celebrations and I noticed some really interesting parallels to previous commemorations. I wondered what that said about the country. Take a look and let me know what you think! open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...
Putting myself in good company for 250! Yesterday the @aupresses.bsky.social put out a list of 100 books for the semiquin but no @academic.oup.com books? Couldn't do better than @emilysneff.bsky.social @lmchervinsky.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social! +imho politics of family is pretty impt.
Last week, I was talking about the upcoming 250th celebrations and I noticed some really interesting parallels to previous commemorations. I wondered what that said about the country. Take a look and let me know what you think! open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...
This afternoon at 4 EDT! @lmchervinsky.bsky.social on early American presidencies for the @jcblibrary.bsky.social Revolution is News event --part of our Journalism & History initiative (w support from The Atlantic)! Hope you'll join us: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"Character is essential because norms and customs depend on the president choosing to uphold them." Presidential historian @lmchervinsky.bsky.social on Article II, the question "can the president do that?" and why the framers left so much to character:
An Ode to Presidential Character
From George Washington forward, character has been the first essential attribute of the presidency.
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MAKING THE PRESIDENCY by @lmchervinsky.bsky.social Leadership Center of Arlington, Arlington, VA — May 7, 1:00 pm Event details: https://page1m.co/3QMBaGP 2/4
I was just listening to @profmmurray.bsky.social on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com and she described the Articles of Confederation as a government based on friendship bracelets. I’m totally stealing that description (with appropriate credit given of course).
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Podcast hosts: Please, PLEASE tell your guests if you plan to use video and share on social media. Most of us want to create a good product for you and can't do that if we don't know the medium. I beg you. Please.
