5 History Twitter Feeds You Should Follow

Twitter has tons of historical trivia to offer. These fun-to-follow history tweets just might teach you a thing or two:

American History Fun

Follow for history trivia, quotes, fun facts and stories from American history.

Mental Floss

Did you know that during the bitter Adams-Jefferson election of 1800, Martha Washington called Jefferson “one of the most detestable of mankind”? Get more off-the-wall trivia from Mental Floss magazine.

Discover Civil War

The National Archives and Records Administration tweets news and little-known facts from its traveling Discovering the Civil War exhibit.

JQAdams–MHS

Folks from the Massachusetts Historical Society post peeks at John Quincy Adams’ diary, a line at a time.

Tweets of Old

Funny tidbits from old newspapers “attempt to reveal the lives of our predecessors through the tweets of yesteryear.”

A version of this article appeared in the July 2011 issue of Family Tree Magazine.

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