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History Now Essay

The Invention of the Fourth of July

David Waldstreicher

Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, as it has come to be known, is perhaps the most and the least American of holidays. It is the most American because it marks the beginning of the nation, because it rapidly became an occasion...

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4 | American National Holidays Summer 2005

Program/Event

NEH Summer Institute for K–8 Educators

March 1

The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction Dates: July 11–17, 2021 Location: Virtual Seminar Application Deadline: March 1, 2021 The Making of America: Colonial Era to Reconstruction was a virtual, weeklong 2021 Summer...

Program/Event

Civil War Essay Contest Winners 2000-2010

2010 Winners High School Division First Prize Jacob Fletcher , Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD "The Postman: Joseph William Briggs and the Free City Delivery System" Second Prize Geoffrey Andrews , West Morris Central...

History Now Essay

Editor’s Log

Carol Berkin

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. On August 26, 1920, American women were at last given that most fundamental of rights in a democratic society: the right to vote. But “given” is...

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56 | The Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond Spring 2020

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EduHam Online November Newsletter

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...