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Welcome to the official newsletter for the Hamilton Education Program Online, the program whose goal is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g....

"In today’s 5 Questions, The Sentinel gave Weddle the opportunity to delve deeper into the research and findings of his book that recently earned him the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History." Read more here.

2022 has been a momentous year at the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Among the new programs for teachers launched this year, the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium brought teachers from all over the country together to take courses in...

Selected Gilder Lehrman Collection Items on Exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum Join us on Thursday, January 5, 2023, from 7 pm to 8 pm ET as our curators discuss documents from the exhibition Fighting to Learn: Black...

The application deadline to register for Spring 2023 courses in the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History is January 26, 2023. Please watch this informative recording of the past week's open house to hear teachers...

On the third Monday of every January, the United States celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the iconic Baptist minister and activist who became one of the most well-known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. The first...

Created in 2014, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Student Advisory Council is a diverse group of high-achieving students in grades 8–12 with an interest in history. At monthly meetings, the Council provides valuable feedback on the...

The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U lets high school students explore American history with top scholars—completely free of charge. Explore the latest addition to the History U catalog. Capitalism in American History Led by David...