‘Hamilton’ Movie Will Stream on Disney Plus on July 3 May 13, 2020 In a surprise move, the film of the original Broadway production is being released 15 months early. Read More
Victory in Europe Day May 8, 2020 The Grateful American Foundation remembers---and honors--all of the men and women who protected and preserved American democracy. Read More
Announcing the EduHam at Home Program May 4, 2020 Students study primary source documents from the Founding Era, learn how Lin-Manuel Miranda used such documents to create the musical... Read More
Grateful Americans: An Interview with David Bruce Smith April 21, 2020 The National Endowment for the Humanities interviewed the writer, editor, publisher, and president of the Grateful American Foundation for their... Read More
History MattersApril 16 to April 30, 2020 April 16, 2020 Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future Read More
The scourge of COVID-19 vs the Pox Americana of 1775, ‘a pestilence that walketh in Darkness’ April 16, 2020 The Colonies were humming along in the New World—and then—during the American Revolution--a disabling epidemic mangled the masses. Read More
What Do the Humanities Do in a Crisis? April 11, 2020 by Agnes Callard for The New Yorker Crises are, at least while they are happening, not educational opportunities. But there are still things to learn. -- By... Read More
Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses April 2, 2020 by Emily Baumgaertner, James Rainey for the Los Angeles Times Two months before the novel coronavirus is thought to have begun its deadly advance in Wuhan, China, the Trump administration... Read More
History MattersApril 1 to April 15, 2020 April 1, 2020 Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future Read More
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... Read More
History Matters Special Edition: The Spanish Flu, Polio and COVID-19 March 24, 2020 The past is prologue to the future, and--here we are--102 years later, in the midst of another calamitous pandemic. Read More
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. Read More