The past eighty years have left an indelible mark on the ecological, humanitarian, and economic reality of the Marshall Islands.

For many groups, particularly Native Americans in the 19th century, American expansion and the process of nation-building brought not freedom as we may conceptualize it, but forced cultural transformation carried out by institutions such as government-run boarding schools.

Since the 1840s, February 14th has been celebrated in the United States through commemorative cards and romantic gestures as part of a holiday honoring love, ostensibly on the behalf of St. Valentine. However, Valentine’s Day also marks one of the most infamous and brutal massacres in American criminal history, as well as the beginning of the end for the gangster era. 

President Trump’s decision to bulldoze the entirety of the White House’s East Wing raised questions of the larger historical community’s responsibility to preserve White House history amid this administration’s rearrangements.

On November 11, 1918, the armistice that ended the First World War was signed in Compiègne, France. However, November 11 is also commemorated for another reason: the feast day of St. Martin of Tours. One of the Catholic Church’s most important saints, St. Martin served as a soldier in the Roman Army and lived in what is now France. Is this just a coincidence, or is there a relationship between this French military saint and the ending of one of the bloodiest wars in French history?

For years, Georgetown’s campus maps have told the story of post-war expansion, shifting architectural decisions, and the university’s growth into a national institution.

To the Northern Irish public who lived through this time period, the answer is “very.”

GJOH Blog Editor Benjamin Fishbein sat down with Fr. Gustafson to discuss his research, his role as both a Jesuit priest and a historian of Jesuit/Catholic history, and his experiences at Georgetown.

An examination of national reactions to the killings of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, and Charlie Kirk.

We hope that this blog becomes a place not only for sharing historical research but also for sparking conversation and connecting people who are passionate about history at Georgetown and beyond.