People of African descent have made great contributions to the United States and its history. Think about all of the food, music, dance...
On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this...
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of African and African American music to the United States’ musical traditions. Steven Lewis, a...
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution and submitted it to the...
In a town as old as Williamsburg, Virginia, which was established in 1638, it’s often the case that historic buildings with interesting...
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Although Franklin began his life as the...
About 620 miles north of New Orleans and 62 miles south of St. Louis, sits the town of Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri. Established in 1750 by the...
The Mississippi Gulf Coast was the home of many different peoples, cultures, and empires during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries...
What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past...
Image credit: Image of Mayflower II courtesy of Plimoth Patuxet. Before New England was New England, it was the Dawnland. A region that...