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“Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution”

Dr. Judith Van Buskirk draws on Revolutionary War pension records to bring to life the thousands of African American men...

U.S. Mint to honor Maya Angelou and 4 other notable women on quarters

The American Women Quarters Program will feature five influential American women.

Biden Signs Juneteenth Bill

The measure designates June 19 as a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

History Matters
June 16 to June 30, 2021

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Flag Day

Commemorating the June 14, 1777 adoption of the flag, by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

France is sending a second Statue of Liberty to the US

This new bronze statue is nicknamed the "little sister."

“Broadway’s Back!” with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon

They perform a song about every musical they can’t wait to see when Broadway returns.

How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New

The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened.

‘Hero of Auschwitz’ David Dushman,
last surviving liberator of death camp,
dies aged 98

Red Army soldier David Dushman used his T-34 Soviet tank to mow down the electric fence of the Nazi death...

Commemorating D-Day

This Year’s Kennedy Center Honorees Have A ‘Jolly Romp’ At The White House

A key component of the annual Kennedy Center Honors is having the U.S. president welcome the honorees to the White...

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June 1 to June 15, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

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