Description: History majors always know the answer.

Description: History majors always know the answer!

Description: It's long past time for the US to get rid of monuments to traitors.

Description: It's long past time for the US to get rid of monuments to traitors.

Description: a wise quote from Confucius about the importance of history

Description: Wise quote from Confucius about the importance of history

Description: History is more or less bunk - Henry Ford

Description: Henry Ford history quote

Description: Gustave Flaubert's quote about history is both funny and accurate

Description: Ambrose Bierce published a hilarious "Devil's Dictionary" featuring snarky and cynical definitions of all manner of things, including history.

Description: Ambrose Bierce published a hilarious "Devil's Dictionary" featuring snarky and cynical definitions of all manner of things, including history.

Description: A classic slogan seen on signs at women's rights protests in the 1960s and 1970s.

Description: A classic slogan seen on signs at women's rights protests in the 1960s and 1970s.

Description: “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” -- George Orwell

Description: “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” -- George Orwell

Description: Smoot-Hawley - maybe the best name ever for a law passed by Congress?

Description: Smoot-Hawley - maybe the best name ever for a law passed by Congress?

Description: The perfect gift for someone who knows their history - and who can't stand it when people say stupid/false things about history.

Description: The perfect gift for someone who knows their history - and who can't stand it when people say stupid/false things about history.

Description: Doesn't everyone have THAT uncle or relative who's a nightmare at family gatherings? Well, here's a fun riff on the famous, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Description: Doesn't everyone have THAT uncle or relative who's a nightmare at family gatherings? Well, here's a fun riff on the famous, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Description: History writes a letter to Humanity, begging it to stop repeating its worst mistakes

Description: History writes a letter to Humanity, begging it to stop repeating its worst mistakes

Description: History writes a letter to America, begging it to stop repeating its worst mistakes

Description: History writes a letter to America, begging it to stop repeating its worst mistakes

Description: Ron Swanson of Parks and Rec has a unique take on history

Description: Ron Swanson of Parks and Rec has a unique take on history

Description: history wisdom

Description: history wisdom

Description: “I cannot imagine how knowing one's history would not urge one to be an activist” - John Hope Franklin, historian

Description: “I cannot imagine how knowing one's history would not urge one to be an activist” - John Hope Franklin, historian

Description: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” -- Abraham Lincoln

Description: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” -- Abraham Lincoln

Description: Huzzah!

Description: Huzzah!

Description: “Trying to plan for the future without knowing the past is like trying to plant cut flowers.” -- Historian Daniel Boorstin