October 2015: Are You Smarter — About History — Than a 5th Grader? What drew nearly 600,000 students from around the world to prepare exhibits, documentaries, papers, performances, and websites for the annual... Read More
September 2015: The Art of History Comes Alive at Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts In January 1936, during the Great Depression, Virginia’s political and business leaders bravely demonstrated their faith in the future and... Read More
August 2015: Inside the Vines — Drink Up the Details on America’s First Wine Connoisseur, Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson is well-known for his love of wine. In fact, this Founding Father was not only a master gardener,... Read More
July 2015: Ivan Schwartz Is Sculpting History From the statue of Honest Abe and his horse, Old Bob, standing proud at President Lincoln’s Cottage in DC, to the... Read More
June 2015: How Much US History Do Americans Actually Know? When it comes to having a deep knowledge and understanding of the history of the United States, how much do... Read More
May 2015: What If Lincoln Had Lived? Historian Allida Black Shares Her Insights What was the first step toward the emancipation of slaves in American history? That’s one of the questions that we... Read More
April 2015: Honoring Lincoln on the 150th Anniversary of His Assassination April 14, 2015, is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. He was shot during an evening performance at Ford’s Theatre in... Read More
March 2015: How Is the Smithsonian’s John Gray Making History Fun for Kids? When you walk into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, you need to make a decision. Where should you look first?... Read More
February 2015: Mount Vernon’s Curt Viebranz Introduces Us to the Real George & Martha Washington By David Bruce Smith Founder The Grateful American™ Foundation When the sun would set along the Potomac River, Martha and... Read More
January 2015: Louise Mirrer Shares the Treasures of the New-York Historical Society Have you had the pleasure of visiting the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library? With my co-host, Hope Katz Gibbs, I... Read More
