Memo To: Oliver Wendell Holmes From: The Friends Of Old Ironsides Subject: Help!
C. Bradford MitchellFebruary 1970It was a bright day for the Republic, that afternoon of May 15, 1815, when the U.S.S. Constitution victoriously dropped anchor oil the Battery at New York. Of all the...
View ArticleThe American Heritage Society Awards
February 1970In the last issue this magazine commenced regular and intensive coverage ot conservation and historic preservation, signifying our deep concern for the widely endangered physical heritage...
View ArticleLocal History Makes Good-sometimes
Walter Muir WhitehillAugust 1972The systematic collection of the sources of local, as well as of national, history began in the United States with the organization in 1791 of the Massachusetts...
View ArticleThe Way It Was-more Or Less
E. M. HallidayApril 1973At one point in the Battle of White Plains an American militiaman whose unit was temporarily not engaged with the enemy called out to a nearby civilian: “Who’s ahead?” The...
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Saving Hundred-Year-Old BuildingsJune 1977The idea of urban renewal has traditionally been predicated on the superficially reasonable assumption that the best way to handle crumbling blight is to...
View ArticleThe Levys Of Monticelo
Annabelle PragerFebruary/March 1978Visitors to Monticello today, taking in its handsome lawns and flower beds, its beautifully finished and furnished rooms, its immaculate floors and woodwork, have no...
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A HERITAGE PRESERVEDT. H. WatkinsDecember 1980In a recent issue of The American West , Richard Reinhardt, a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for San Francisco’s Architectural...
View ArticleBoston - Birth And Rebirth
T. H. WatkinsAugust/September 1980On September 7, three hundred and fifty years ago, a ragged group of Puritans under John Winthrop chose a site on the New England shore and declared it suitable for a...
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A HERITAGE PRESERVEDT. H. WatkinsAugust/september 1981America has been many civilizations in its history, from the ,Stone Age to the age of genetic tinkering. And as each of perhaps a dozen...
View ArticleTo Save The World We Built
Every town you pass through has felt the impact of the modern historic-preservation movement. Now a founder of that movement discusses what is real and what is fake in preservation efforts.Selma...
View ArticleSave That House
Deciding to rescue a historic property is the start of what turns out to be a lifelong relationship as terrifying as it is exhilaratingHeather LockmanApril 2000The threat was distant but definite,...
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