Monuments and Memorials: The South in American History
Edward L. Ayers speaks about the idea of memory and its relationship to American history.
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Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1793
View the account of the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia or read the transcript .
Inside the Vault: George Washington Crossing the Delaware
Read an excerpt of the Orders to March on Trenton and watch a video on Washington’s Crossing .
Hamilton's New York: Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Join the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Professor Cindy Lobel on a virtual walking tour of Alexander Hamilton’s Lower Manhattan.
Western Sanitary Commission Report on Civil War Refugees, 1863
Read about the report from the Western Sanitary Commission regarding the conditions of freed slaves in the Mississippi valley.
Writing Op-Ed
Jonathan Zimmerman, NYU historian, discusses the art of writing an op-ed and believes that it remains a critical democratic exercise.
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Historian Catherine Clinton traces the life and times of the woman whose face will grace the new twenty dollar bill.
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