names, memorials, masculinity, and femininity.

The Paper has been a hotbed of soapboxing for historians and historical causes the past couple of days, undoubtedly as a means of giving the journos some down time. For example:

A missive on the problem of changing Rhode Island's name.

A plea for fixing grammatical errors at the Jefferson Memorial.

An exposition on the bachelorhood of the Founding Fathers.

A cool graphical representation of hairstyles of First Ladies.

It's nice to see the Gray Lady turning the holiday into a public history opportunity. Like Christmas in July for some folks, really- but hey, we could all use a little distraction from this mess.