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Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: The Brickhouse

September 6, 2012

The largest memorial to those Minnesotans who died in World War I no longer exists, except for a preserved fragment and an impressive website that thoroughly documents its nearly ninety-year history. Opened in 1924, the University of Minnesota’s Memorial Stadium hosted six national championship-winning football teams before the Gophers moved off-campus to the Metrodome in … More Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: The Brickhouse

Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Overshadowed by WWII

August 30, 2012

Even before I set out to look at how the First World War has been commemorated here in Minnesota, I assumed that the vast majority of Twin Citians would be hard-pressed to identify a single WWI memorial in the metro area. Even those who drive, bike, jog, and walk on or along Victory Memorial Drive … More Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Overshadowed by WWII

Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Victory Memorial Drive

August 24, 2012

In the first part of this series on how the First World War has been commemorated in my home state, I suggested that a “celebratory, self-righteous, unproblematically patriotic mood” inspired the commission and design of Duluth’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument. But you don’t think that Minnesota’s largest city would let its northern neighbor corner the … More Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Victory Memorial Drive

“All have sinned”: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862

August 20, 2012

Last Friday I decided to put syllabus revision on hold and spend an afternoon continuing my tour of World War I commemoration in the Twin Cities by visiting Fort Snelling, the nearly 200-year old former military installation at the convergence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers that trained officers, processed recruits and draftees, and housed … More “All have sinned”: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862

Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Duluth’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument

August 13, 2012

I’m still half a year away from taking a group of Bethel University students to Europe for a three-week course on the history of World War I, but while I’ve still got some time before our fall semester starts up, I thought I’d revive an earlier series on how the war was commemorated. My earlier … More Commemorating WWI in Minnesota: Duluth’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument

That Was The Week That Was

February 4, 2012

Here • Timothy Garton Ash’s comments on the new French genocide denial law got me wondering what you all think about the limits of free speech and historical inquiry. (Thanks to Seth Rima — one of my former students, coincidentally interviewed this week at our department blog! — for sharing his thoughts.) • My January … More That Was The Week That Was

In Celebration of Students

December 14, 2011

This summer I devoted a blog post to celebrating the alumni of Bethel’s History and Social Studies programs. Today let me turn the spotlight on a group of our current students: members of the fall section of our capstone course, Senior Seminar, who presented their research papers Monday night. (Apologies to those who subscribe to … More In Celebration of Students

This Week in History

August 29, 2011

A very special week in history, since we start with… August 29, 2011 – I make my 100th post at The Pietist Schoolman Namely, this one. How to properly assess the historical significance of this moment as compared to the other landmarks we’ll be commemorating today? Well, only time will tell, but I think we … More This Week in History

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