--- title: Craig Bruce Smith | TIME description: Smith is a historian and the author of American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era. Follow him on Twitter: @craigbrucesmith. All views are those of the author. canonical: https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Craig Bruce Smith ## Craig Bruce Smith Smith is a historian and the author of [_American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era_](https://www.amazon.com/American-Honor-Creation-Nations-Revolutionary/dp/1469638835). Follow him on Twitter: @craigbrucesmith. All views are those of the author. ## Craig Bruce Smith *  Apr 12, 2024 ### [Apple TV+'s Franklin Gets the History Right](https://time.com/6966422/apple-tv-benjamin-franklin/) What the new Apple TV+ series gets right and wrong about Benjamin Franklin's time in Paris. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 21, 2022 ### [The Spirit of 1776 or 1619?](https://time.com/6223778/musical-1776-review/) Does the 1776 Broadway musical embody the spirit of 1776 or 1619—or somewhere in between? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 4, 2022 ### [Ken Burns' New Documentary Shows Benjamin Franklin in All His Contradictions](https://time.com/6164348/benjamin-franklin-ken-burns-documentary/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 9, 2021 ### [George Washington's Order to 'Inoculate the Troops' Saved America](https://time.com/6088381/george-washington-inoculation-covid-vaccine/) George Washington saw smallpox as "the most dangerous enemy" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 31, 2021 ### [Renaming Army Bases Should Start with Unrecognized Veterans](https://time.com/6052570/renaming-u-s-army-bases-unrecognized-veterans/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/","name":"Craig Bruce Smith"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/"},"name":"Craig Bruce Smith","jobTitle":null,"description":"Smith is a historian and the author of American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era. Follow him on Twitter: @craigbrucesmith. All views are those of the author.","url":"https://time.com/author/craig-bruce-smith/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```