Tour Gadsby’s at your own pace and immerse yourself in the spaces and stories of the tavern and early America. Learn how all social classes and people—free and enslaved, men […]
Thomas Jefferson, interpreted by Monticello's Bill Barker, discusses the events leading up to and prompting the Declaration of Independence.
It's important to understand the role of states in extending—and limiting—the right to vote. We might think that voting as a right for everyone was part of our founding values—but […]
The Lincoln Heritage Museum, and the Abraham Lincoln Center for Character Development, is an interactive museum dedicated to telling the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln, and the character […]
The Massacre and Memory Tour is a half-mile guided walking tour that explores the surprisingly small geography of colonial Boston and its central civic buildings—the Old State House, the Old […]
The “Great Task” Youth Leadership Program is for students, schools, or youth groups in grade levels 7 to 12, looking for intensive leadership and character-building experiences. The “Great Task” Youth […]
Folsom Tavern Tours will examine the tavern's unique history, the place that taverns held in colonial and revolutionary history. Tours will highlight how groups such as women, craftsmen, merchants, and […]
You’ve likely heard, perhaps on the news or in the classroom, that the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave or granted African American men the right to vote. It’s […]
Journalists and commentators have invoked historic precedents to contextualize the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. While unprecedented in many ways, those events are also part of a long […]
A Hard Road to Freedom: Positively Impacting the Present View a video on the Black experience on North Carolina’s Outer Banks during the Civil War and early Reconstruction that includes […]
When the Declaration of Independence was written, not everyone was included in the famous statement about “pursuit of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” And while the aspirations expressed […]
How We Became America: The Untold History shines light on stories that don’t always make it into the classroom. This free collection of short, riveting history videos is designed for […]