Controversy in Public History … Can We Move Beyond Relativism?
Public historians took a battering 20 years ago through highly public struggles over two Smithsonian exhibits.
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Students as Authors of the Past
Earlier this month, I had one of those moments. A noted scholar asked for a copy of my undergraduate honors thesis […]
DC Metro Korean War Memory: Land, Sea, and Air
Standing out prominently over the reflecting pool, near the flagpole that forms the focal point of the national Korean War […]
Lighting Up Our National Pastime in Our Nation’s Capital
There’s something about a night game, especially in our nation’s capital. The excitement of the crowd as they arrive at […]
The Battery’s Down: Monuments and Memorials of Lower Manhattan
Though I traveled to Ellis Island from New Jersey, it is also possible to take a ferry there from Battery […]
Ruth, Ellis, Sandy, and Me: Personal History Meets Public Memory
This post is personal. It is about my grandmother, a school trip I took when I was twelve, and a […]
Goin' North
In addition to the commemorations of the Centennial of the Great War that have been occurring throughout the city this […]
Exhibits of Freedom: Black History in Philadelphia Museums All Year Round
During my year as a graduate fellow at the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater-Kent, the most frequently requested lesson […]
If You Care About Women, You Should Edit Wikipedia Differently
Although controversies over gender and Wikipedia have been in the news recently, a current study, It’s a Man’s Wikipedia? Assessing Gender […]
A Winter Tour of Winterthur
Tucked away in the northwest corner of Delaware, at a DuPont family estate that opened as a museum in 1952, […]