AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The history of history.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Becky Akers' historical article about the signing of the Declaration, "That Significant, Sensational Signing" (July 7 issue), was well done. However, the identification of the familiar painting by John Trumbull on page 33 as "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" is inaccurate. While a most common mistake by individuals and even school textbooks, it is actually depicting the presentation by the committee of the draft Declaration to the Continental Congress and its president, John Hancock. As Ms. Akers accurately recounts, the signing was done over a period of time and there was not a single session where the signatures we see on it were affixed, as the caption to this picture suggests. While this is an all-too-common mistake regarding this portrayal, it supports her claim that we like to romanticize history regardless of the facts.
ROB DAVIS
New Castle, Indiana
In Becky Akers' article "That Significant, Sensational Signing," the so-called anonymous author of "The Price They Paid," a dramatic but fictional account of the turmoil and tragedy ...
- That significant, sensational signing: the signers of the Declaration of...
- Magazine article from: The New American Akers, Becky July 7, 2008 700+ words
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You might think that defying a powerful government, convening an illegal Congress, and signing one of liberty's most lyrical documents would be exciting enough for anyone. But no. Over the decades, folks have embellished the history of the Declaration of Independence and its
- Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor June 11, 2007 700+ words
...Why restrict immigration at all?" Becky Akers and Donald Boudreaux present a viable...level, I agree with the viewpoints of Becky Akers and Donald Boudreaux regarding immigration...borders. Neil Weicher Stamford, Conn. Becky Akers and Donald Boudreaux's Opinion piece...
- A better way than the TSA.(OPINION)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 21, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Becky Akers NEW YORK -- The Improving America's Security Act recently passed...treated flyers as the TSA does would lose business fast. And should. * Becky Akers is writing a book about the Transportation Security Administration...
- Does the American flag belong in church?(OPINION)(Viewpoint essay)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Akers, Becky July 28, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Becky Akers New York -- I've attended church weekly all my life, and virtually...Americans who accept the first truth devoutly reject the latter. * Becky Akers is a freelance writer and historian. She worships in Protestant churches...
- Travel Security Update.
- Magazine article from: Airguide Online March 26, 2007 700+ words
...security over to private companies would allow experts to design security systems without mandates from bureaucrats, writes Becky Akers in the Christian Science Monitor. "Private security firms would rely on effective antiterrorist tools rather than political...
- Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor December 15, 2008 700+ words
...Administration In regard to the Dec. 8 Opinion piece, "End, don't mend, the Transportation Security Administration": Author Becky Akers implies that unionizing airport passenger screeners would do little to improve the functioning of this agency. I disagree...
- Why restrict immigration at all?(OPINION)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor June 7, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Becky Akers and Donald J. Boudreaux New York and Fairfax, Va. -- Just in time for summer, the Senate is heating things up with immigration...
- "Abuses" are not torture.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: The New American Anderson, Michael July 7, 2008 700+ words
I am disappointed in you for publishing the article "Top-level Torture" (June 9 issue) by Becky Akers. I'm labeling it intentionally misleading, unless you can clarify questions found in the article. Torture is generally described...
- Airport News - North America.
- Magazine article from: Airguide Online March 26, 2007 700+ words
...security over to private companies would allow experts to design security systems without mandates from bureaucrats, writes Becky Akers in the Christian Science Monitor. "Private security firms would rely on effective antiterrorist tools rather than political...
- Power Outages in Dallas Area Decline as Major Users Review Options.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Doclar, Mary August 13, 1999 700+ words
...the outage only affected non-essential operations such as battery-charging equipment and air conditioning, spokeswoman Becky Akers said. It did not shut down the production line, she said. TXU spokeswoman Gyna Bivens said that no interruptible customers...
Source: HighBeam Research, The history of history.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)