Can AI resurrect historical figures from the dead? Should we ask it to?

Irish war artist Sir William Orpen’s art reflected his bitterness over the cost of war

How to discipline civilians, and still defer to civilian authority? Washington wrestled with this elemental issue in the Spring of 1776

Is AI fit to transcribe and edit historical manuscripts?

Margaret Mayo entered the battle zone to support Doughboys entering and returning from battle in St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne

In April 1776 Washington’s troops rioted in New York City’s red light district. He was less concerned with punishing those involved than with advocating for his “military family.”

A Hidden Gem, One Mole Rampant unforgettably depicts mining operations in the Ypres Salient, 1914-1915

George Washington arrived in New York City 250 years ago today, and pondered the “difficult card” he had to play.

An Australian in the Imperial Camel Corps: The Cameliers by Oliver Hogue.

George Washington exchanged one battle front for another when he rode from Boston to New York City in April 1776.

Book review of one of the best artillery memoirs ever written, by 18-pounder battery subaltern William Carr.

Heading into Easter Sunday—April 7, 1776—George Washington’s reflections led him to consider questions of hope, gratitude, and forgiveness.

James Hoban began designing the White House in an era of partisan conflict. George Washington hoped the building would unite, not divide, the nation.

A review of Scotsman Hugh Quigley’s Memoir of War on the Western Front, Passchendaele and the Somme.

The British evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776, did not put George Washington in any mood for celebrating.

The American bombardment of British-occupied Boston began on March 2, 1776. George Washington hoped for a bloodbath to follow.

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson rose above their political divisions, focusing on their shared ideals in opening design for the President’s House to public competition.

George Washington was a gambler at heart. Should he reject the cautious counsel of his officers, and launch an all-out frontal attack against the British entrenchments outside Boston?

Did America’s Founders want the President of the United States to live in a palace—or a people’s house? George Washington had tough choices to make as early as 1792.

250 Years Ago, George Washington, beset by worries about what Americans thought of him, assembled his officers to consider a massive attack on Boston.