Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Black Enfranchisement and Education: Selected Gilder Lehrman Collection Items on Exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On January 5, 2023, our curators discussed documents from the Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition Fighting to Learn: Black Enfranchisement and Education in the Gilder Lehrman Collection . They were joined by Dr. Jesse Erickson,...
History Now Essay Trumbull's Declaration, and Ours Richard Brookhiser Art In November 1826 John Trumbull’s paintings of the American Revolution were installed in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC. The most famous of them is his depiction of the Declaration of Independence being presented to the... Appears in: 69 | The Reception and Impact of the Declaration of Independence, 1776-1826 Winter 2023
Video Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Joseph J. Ellis, Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, discusses his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, explains the emergence of the men who led the Revolutionary War and created...
About page Author Kevin J. Hayes Wins 2018 George Washington Prize Award Ceremony to Take Place at Mount Vernon on May 23 MOUNT VERNON, VA – Author and historian Kevin J. Hayes has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, George Washington: A Life in...