July/August 2014

Photo of U.S. troops preparing to cross English Channel on D-Day

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D-Day troops prepare to cross the English Channel while at home legislators push the G.I. Bill of Rights through Congress.

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July/August 2014

Volume 35, Issue 4

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In This Issue

Four american soldiers, three with heavy bandaging over their faces, sitting and waiting

How the GI Bill Became Law in Spite of Some Veterans’ Groups

World War II brought about a new deal for veterans

Meredith Hindley

The Śākyamuni Assembly, hanging on a stage, with monks performing in front of it

Korean Culture Is on the Rise. What About Korean Art?

Learn about five hundred years of artistic tradition from the Joseon Dynasty

James Panero

silhouettes of anthony and stanton, with the words suffrage, anti-slavery, temperance and activism in color in the background

Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made History Together

In their last days, the suffragist pioneers look back

Katy June-Friesen

A young, African American man wearing sunglasses and eating a popsicle

How Did Cool Become Such a Big Deal?

It’s more than a word. It’s an attitude and a lifestyle.

David Skinner

Also in this issue

Washington Irving Was the Original City Slicker. Here's What Happened When He Went West.

Washington Irving leaves Gotham to explore the frontier

Danny Heitman

Reading Laura Ingalls Wilder Is Not the Same When You’re a Parent.

Amy Lifson

In 1964, the Appleknockers from Cobden, Illinois, Made It All the Way to the State Championships.

But first they lost two starting players.

Rosalind Early

Armory Arts Village in Michigan Used to Be a State Prison. Now It’s an Artists’ Community.

Michigan prison gets artistic makeover

Victoria Cooney

A Lot of People in Riverside, California, Came There Because of the Air Force Base.

A New Exhibit Tells Their Stories.

Catherine Wagley

Ernest Hemingway’s Hamburger Recipe Was Nothing Like His Famously Spare Prose.

Papa's key ingredients

Steve Moyer

What Can We Learn About Victor Hugo From Visiting His House Museum?

A privileged view into the literary mind

Steve Moyer

"Toad-stranglers," "Whoopensockers" and Other Findings from the Dictionary of American Regional English

Niche words still produce some linguistic tang

Steve Moyer

Mickey Mantle Biographer Jane Leavy Really Doesn’t like the Designated-hitter Rule.

But she loves baseball and complicated heroes

Meredith Hindley

The Minnesota Humanities Center's David O'Fallon Believes in the Transforming Power of the Arts and Humanities.

Immigrant, tribal, and veteran voices are heard in telling of stories

Graydon Royce