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History Matters
April 1 to April 15, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis

March 24, 2020 by Essay By Jon Meacham for The New York Times

We are facing another crisis, and we are hungry for whatever the past can teach us about how to survive...

History Matters Special Edition: The Spanish Flu, Polio and COVID-19

The past is prologue to the future, and--here we are--102 years later, in the midst of another calamitous pandemic.

We Can’t Let Coronavirus Postpone Elections

March 23, 2020 by Jon Meacham for The New York Times

Even in war, America has kept up its democratic traditions. We can’t stop now.

History Matters
March 16 to March 31, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

When Epidemics Wreaked Havoc in America

March 13, 2020 by David Oshinsky for The Wall Street Journal

Deadly infectious diseases were once common in the U.S., until science conquered them. In today’s crisis, it’s worth recalling those...

iCivics’s Election Headquarters Teaches the Election Process

Are you ready for NOVEMBER 3, 2020? It's presidential election day. Now is the time to brush up on what...

History Matters
March 1 to March 15, 2020

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Illustrating a Historical Partnership: Abigail and John Adams

February 25, 2020

The NMWA interviews the author about the genesis of the book and his creative partnership with his mother, renowned painter...

How 43 Giant, Crumbling Presidential Heads Ended Up in a Virginia Field

February 24, 2020 by Jennifer Billock for SmithsonianMag.com

After an ambitious monument went bust, big dreams—and big heads—remain

Patriotic Pick for February 2020

Abraham Lincoln

February 22, 2020

Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg -Suggested by Kathy Cannon Wiechman, winner of 2015’s inaugural Grateful American Book Prize for Like...

The enslaved people who built and staffed the White House: An afterthought no more

February 19, 2020 by Joe Heim for The Washington Post

Three hundred and seven. So far.

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