Honor the past. Celebrate the future. On June 19, 1865, a group of Union troops stopped in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved people that the Civil War was over, the Confederacy was defeated, and enslaved people in Texas were free. Although President Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people held in the Confederate States through the Emancipation […]
Don’t know much about history? Don’t worry! Join the staff of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation at Frothy Moon to enjoy an afternoon of light-hearted history (with a little bit of trivia)!
Taps, a musical piece sounded at dusk and at funerals, has a rich and storied history in the United States. It has long been associated with the U.S. Military, and is often played at civilian events around the country. The National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the ninth annual Taps at the Tower each evening […]
Join Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group for an author discussion of the new book, The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois & WWI. Hope, betrayal, disillusionment and transformation. W.E.B. Du Bois encouraged African Americans to join the Allied cause in WWI, but after-the-fact became haunted […]
Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center is hosting a civics-themed photo contest. Open to high schoolers and undergraduates (who will compete in separate categories), it seeks to inspire Western Pennsylvanians to reflect upon the state of their civic community or the nature of their democracy. Photos taken in any of Western Pennsylvania's 26 counties that in some […]
The Celebrate! series, appropriate for family audiences and children ages 5 and up, highlights America’s rich cultural diversity through the arts. This program is tied directly to President and Mrs. Kennedy's concern for and support of the arts and culture in a democratic society. Thanks to generous support from the Martin Richard Foundation and the […]
Taps, a musical piece sounded at dusk and at funerals, has a rich and storied history in the United States. It has long been associated with the U.S. Military, and is often played at civilian events around the country. The National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the ninth annual Taps at the Tower each evening […]
Approximately 10 million civilians worldwide were displaced from their homes during WWI. Today, tens of thousands of refugees seek asylum in the United States annually, with about 500 resettling in Kansas City each year. Join us in conversation with Afghan journalist Qasim Rahimi, Afghan army general Momin Marofi and U.S. Army Major (ret.) Mike Brettman […]
In honor of Pride, join the Intrepid Museum for a conversation on the contributions and experiences of LGBTQ service members and military family members, particularly in the face of discrimination. Veterans and family members will share stories of resilience, struggle and activism in the past and present. Learn about the evolution of the military’s policies […]
Hear from Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri, author of Alexandra Petri’s US History. This witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Petri has been hailed as a “genius,” a “national treasure,” and “one of the funniest writers […]
Taps, a musical piece sounded at dusk and at funerals, has a rich and storied history in the United States. It has long been associated with the U.S. Military, and is often played at civilian events around the country. The National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the ninth annual Taps at the Tower each evening […]
Join us for a garden party celebrating the new Rose Park Women’s Mural! We’ll have music, food, and speakers honoring women who have shaped Salt Lake’s westside communities. The mural was commissioned by Utah women's history nonprofit Better Days and completed by local artist Bill Louis, who grew up in the Glendale neighborhood. He based […]