Editor’s Corner: Cemeteries as Evidence

08 December 2025 – Sarah H. Case

Editors’ Note: We publish The Public Historian editor’s introduction to the November 2025 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.

Our special issue, “Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Massacre Sites,” guest edited by Lily Anne Welty Tamai, considers burial grounds and sites of mass violence as important sources for public historical research. Read More

The Southern Cross of Honor: how insurrections become legitimized

26 September 2023 – Katie Owens-Murphy and Brian Murphy 1

Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2023. Katie Owens-Murphy and Brian Murphy are the recipients of the G. Wesley Johnson Award. This award is named in honor of the founding editor of The Public Historian. Read More