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History Matters
November 16 to November 30, 2023

November 16, 2023

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

The 2024 Grateful American Book Prize is accepting entries

November 13, 2023

They should be books of non-fiction, fiction, or biographies suitable for 7th to 9th graders, published between August 1, 2023, and July 31,...

Veterans Day

November 10, 2023

The Grateful American Foundation remembers everybody who has fought for our democracy.

Silent Spring

November 4, 2023

Originally published 1962. Reviewed by Ed Lengel.

Barbara Walters

November 2, 2023

Special to the Newsletter by Michael F. Bishop

History Matters
November 1 to November 15, 2023

November 1, 2023

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

November 2023 Newsletter

November 1, 2023

WAR HAS NO CONSCIENCE

Art in Embassies Announces The Clarice Smith Collection

October 19, 2023

The first collection, The Clarice Smith Collection, comprises 72 artworks by Washington, D.C.-based artist Clarice Smith.

History Matters
October 16 to October 31, 2023

October 16, 2023

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for October 2023

“Deacon King Kong: A Novel”
by James McBride

October 13, 2023

Suggested by historian Jane F. Levey, past editor of Washington History: Magazine of the DC History Center

Clarice Smith’s Paintings Chosen for the Art in Embassies Inaugural Democracy Collection

October 4, 2023

A repository containing 72 of Clarice Smith’s paintings will be on long-term loan with the State Department to be made...

“Mattie and the Machine”
by Lynn Ng Quezon Wins the 2023 Grateful American Book Prize

October 3, 2023

"Island of Spies" by Sheila Turnage and "I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker"...

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