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Wonderful #aaslh2025 event at the Underground Railroad Freedom Centre. They look back at history, and use it to inspire people to work for a fairer, more just future. They discuss the role of faith in being inclusive and welcoming. HIGHLY recommend a visit! @aaslh.org

Can’t wait to come say hi!

Are you a student or new professional interested in #publichistory and looking to share your work/research? NCPH’s New Professional & Student Committee would love to support you! Submit your entry here: ncph.org/ncph-student... Applicants will be featured on the NCPH Instagram each month.

I’m glad I can conclude my day attending this talk by John Bidwell from the American Antiquarian Society! It’s a fascinating story of print history, American iconography, and national memory. 📜

The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia Large lithographic poster advertising the 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition in Philadelphia. Illustration is of a "flapper-like" woman entwined in an American flag in front of Independenc...

"The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia," Smith, Dan, 1926, Library Broadside Collection, 34463, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Virtual Archive, teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll..., accessed 2025-04-13.

Currently obsessed with this 1926 lithograph poster, courtesy of the Tennessee Virtual Archive. The symbology employed for national commemorations of 1776 reflects each anniversary year’s time & interpretation of US historical memory. I wonder what visual interpretations we’ll put forward in 2026.

Museum folks! Current grad student choosing fall semester electives here. Would you recommend I take either of these over a more traditional (yet still public humanities) course? These are good skills, but would a workshop/on the job experience do the job? #gradstudent #publichistory #courses

Are you a student or new professional interested in #publichistory and looking to share your work/research? NCPH’s New Professional & Student Committee would love to support you! Submit your entry here: ncph.org/ncph-student... Applicants will be featured on the NCPH Instagram each month.

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Lacey Wilson @law6pubhist.bsky.social is a positive force for #PublicHistory and she is turning 35 in April. Let's seize this opportunity to celebrate Lacey and help support her impact; let's raise $350 for the Teen Museum Studies Program at the Underground Railroad Education Center!!! #NCPH2025

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Donate a minimum of $5, and I'll mail you two Lacey Wilson fan club buttons. DM or email me a copy of your donation receipt to receive your buttons. Make sure to write "Teen Museum Studies Program" on the donation form. undergroundrailroadhistory.org/donate/

I was curious if the oral histories/prompts and visual components of the holograms were accessioned in any way and if that could afford legal protections/present problems in the face of regulations on content and removal of museum objects in heritage spaces. I hope that makes sense!

Feasts of Reason Event Series Monticello, Charlottesville, and Richmond

Just mentioned this on the session on the 250th, sharing more broadly: the Feast of Reason program and resources from Monticello. A framework/toolkit for encouraging civil and civic conversation #ncph2025 www.monticello.org/exhibits-eve...

Great conversations at #S59 surrounding the innovative, community-driven history work being led by @ucf.bsky.social students utilizing History Harvests #NCPH2025 I love seeing students advocating for and acting on project sustainability, solidarity, and community involvement!

i.e. restrictions on what objects, terminology, and subjects can be included and discussed in historical spaces

Questions coming up in Decolonial Approaches to America 250 working group #NCPH2025
-How do we bring people together as we’re grappling with conflicting narratives & interests on America’s founding & its commemoration?
-How can we be creative as public historians in the face of restrictions?

Want to be clear moves like this show how little power they have; we should not feel defeated. Materials in a museum like NMAAHC were fugitive for most of U.S. history. Ordinary folks collected, archived, studied, recorded these knowledges. Attacking institutionalization is bad but can't erase us.

AASLH has developed key resources to help practitioners plan for the transformative potential of America's 250th anniversary. Attend a workshop on May 20 to learn how to apply these resources to your site or organization. Register at tinyurl.com/2k48pujn.

Among other things, an attack that clarifies how much public history matters, how much power is linked to the stories we tell about the past #NCPH2025

Quick café question on the last day of #NCPH2025: will next year’s joint AASLH-NCPH conference use #AASLHNCPH2026 or two separate hashtags? Should ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ be the appropriate, guiding theme for next year’s hashtag(s)?

“Citizens aren’t just consumers of history but active producers.”

How does citizen participation shape historical narratives?

Currently in #S41 Citizen Participation in History and Heritage: Solidarity and Rootedness in Local Communities where we’re discussing citizen historians, public engagement and applied projects, & vitality of memory connected to communities’ well-being #NCPH2025

Trump Orders Smithsonian to Promote ‘American Greatness’ in Executive Order The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

AHA executive director James Grossman was quoted in the NYT on the EO targeting the Smithsonian Institution. Grossman said the order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian” and that “the historical scholarship in the Smithsonian is careful, honest and based on historical evidence.” 🗃️

Two key takeaways from #S26 at #NCPH2025: Alisha Smith’s encouragement for us to consider civil rights not just as a movement but as a journey we all must take & these words from educator-activist Shirley Rose from Harford County, MD as endlessly applicable for both public history projects and life!

Want to take home all the #advocacy postcard designs? Receive a bundle of 6 when you donate $10 or more to the NCPH Annual Fund! Postcard bundles are available at Registration and at the #advocacy booth in the Exhibit Hall. #NCPH2025 #PublicHistory