Al Dickenson

Jan 14, 2025 | aldickenson.substack.com | Al Dickenson

When president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated the second time on January 20th, he will not be the first president to serve two, non-consecutive terms. In both 1885 and 1893, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was inaugurated. The interim inauguration was that of Benjamin Harrison, the man who defeated him in the 1888 election. If this is ringing any bells about the current White House situation, well, obviously you’ve been reading the news.

Jul 22, 2024 | allthingsliberty.com | Al Dickenson

BOOK REVIEW: The Soldiers Fell Like Autumn Leaves: The Battle of the Wabash, The United States’ Greatest Defeat in the Wars Against Indigenous Peoples by Rick M. Schoenfield. (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2024. $32.50 Hardcover)In The Soldiers Fell Like Autumn Leaves, author and historian Rick M. Schoenfield presents a unique perspective on an often-forgotten part of American history: the Battle of the Wabash, November 4, 1791.

Jun 30, 2024 | allthingsliberty.com | Al Dickenson

TELEVISION REVIEW: Franklin. Directed by Tim Van Patten. Written by Kirk Ellis and Howard Korder. Featuring Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, Daniel Mays, and Eddie Marsan. Released April 12–May 17, 2024. Apple TV+. Franklin, as a television miniseries, is well done. Rarely do we see this time period—the eighteenth century—televised.

Jun 18, 2024 | historynewsnetwork.org | Al Dickenson

For the first time in 221 years, the periodical cicada broods XIII and XIX have emerged from the ground simultaneously; brood XIII in the north central Midwest and XIX across the southern U.S., from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. An estimated one trillion cicadas are making themselves heard across the United States, their buzz crescendoing to about 100 decibels — over the threshold of what is considered harmful to a person’s hearing.

Apr 15, 2024 | allthingsliberty.com | Al Dickenson

BOOK REVIEW: North of America: Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution by Jeffers Lennox (Yale University Press, 2022)When thinking about the American Revolution and its succeeding Founding Era, two nations first come to mind: the British Empire and the fledgling new nation, the United States of America.