“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” first appeared in The Atlantic 150 years ago this month.
Historian Dominic Teirney on why Julia Ward Howe’s composition is “America’s song in itself.”
As the year draws to a close, I find myself casting an eye back on the past twelve months. There are two events that stand out for me:
- Mobilewood—the get-together in the woods of Tennessee that…


