Feminist revolutions: interpreting the unfinished promise of the American Revolution

04 June 2026 – Olivia Errico

In response to the federal government’s ongoing attempts to censure complicated histories of the United States during the country’s 250^th anniversary, the temporary exhibit Feminist Revolutions at the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice examines the contributions of the feminist movement to American society and the ongoing work of gender justice. Read More

Editor’s Corner: Engaging the past

22 February 2024 – Sarah H. Case

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the February 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.

We begin this issue with the third installment of our series, “Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution” (see Part 1, “Considering the Revolution: Indigenous Histories and Memory in Alaska, Hawai‘i, and the Indigenous Plateau” and “Decolonizing Museums, Memorials, and Monuments” in the November 2021 issue, and Part 2, Jean-Pierre Morin’s “Considering the Revolution: The Identities Created by the American Revolutionary War,” in the February 2023 issue). Read More

Editor’s corner: reimagining anniversaries

03 November 2021 – Sarah H. Case

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the November 2021 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.

This issue introduces a new ongoing feature, Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, a collaboration between the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the National Park Service (NPS). Read More