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American Prophet

A groundbreaking musical powered by Frederick Douglass’ own speeches and writings

Beach Reads

Summer 2022 Reading Recommendations

Patriotic Pick for July 2022

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Suggested by Kathy Cannon Wiechman, inaugural winner of the Grateful American Book Prize for Like a River: A Civil War...

The 4th of July

Happy 246th Birthday, America!

History Matters
July 1 to July 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

History Matters
June 16 to June 30, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

“Booth”

A significant cultural signpost at a deeply troubling time in our history. Reviewed by Ed Lengel.

Patriotic Pick for June 2022

“African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song”
edited by Kevin Young

Suggested by Jon Parrish Peede, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities

History Matters
June 1 to June 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

George Wallace and the Campaign for Forgiveness

By Michael F. Bishop

History Matters
May 16 to May 31, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for May 2022

“The War for America, 1775-1783”
by Piers Mackesy

Suggested by Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello

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