Michael D. Hattem

What are the most important insights historians have offered about the American Revolution in the decades since the Bicentennial?

In the 1920s, many in the U.S. fought for a living Constitution. Plenty of others wanted it dead.

The intertwined history of education, history, and patriotism in the United States.

How the study of historical memory created a new reckoning with the creation of “American history."

The founding generation revised the country’s history to make the new nation work.

The revolutionaries were fighting against arbitrary power and for checks and balances.

Music continues to hold an allure for elites seeking to politicize patriotism in support of their privilege.