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A Difficult Past: Interpreting Slavery at Presidential Plantations
Zoë Jackson | Feb 16, 2018
In 2016, excavations at Highland—the Charlottesville, Virginia, home of President James Monroe—led t... -
Reckoning with Colonial History
Steve Hochstadt | Oct 1, 2017
Berlin could be called the city of painful memory. The admirable willingness of the Germans to take ... -
Liberty’s Legacies
Anna Leigh Todd | Jun 29, 2017
In 1818, John Adams reflected on the founding of the nation, asking, “But what do We mean by the Ame... -
A Flag, a Dinner Bell, and a Hand-Dug Well
Michelle M. Martin | Mar 8, 2017
When I began my directorship of the Little House on the Prairie Museum south of Independence, Kansas, the promise and... -
African American History
Adam Green | Jun 20, 2016
“Do everything!” That was the exhortation from Nell Painter that closed the Future of the African American Past conference, jointly... -
Who’s Afraid of Being a Generalist?
Rachel Feinmark | Jun 14, 2016
After two years of endless academic job applications, Skype interviews, and harrowing job talks, I was exhausted from reinventing myself... -
AHA Sends Letter of Concern Regarding Poland’s Museum of the Second World War
American Historical Association | May 25, 2016
The AHA has sent a letter to Poland’s Minister of Culture expressing concern about the proposal to disrupt the planned... -
Introducing America in 20 Minutes: The Smithsonian’s New Film on the Nation’s History
Amanda Moniz | May 12, 2016
How do you condense hundreds of years of American history into 20 minutes? This was the challenge fa... -
Holocaust Museum Project Engages Citizen Historians to Gain Better Understanding of What Americans Knew
Seth Denbo | Jan 1, 2016
Seventy-three years ago, on December 4, 1942, a newspaper in Battle Creek, Michigan, then a town of ... -
History on Wheels: Hitting the Road with the Traces BUS-eum and Philly History Truck
Stephanie Kingsley | Nov 1, 2015
On an autumn day in Iowa, an old school bus with brightly painted farmhouses and other familiar sigh...
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