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11 November 2026 – Donna Neary
Millions of K-12 students encounter public history every day in classrooms, but classroom teachers are seldom included in conversations about their impact on the field. K-12 educators interpret the past, teach students how to analyze primary sources, and connect national stories to our local communities, helping students understand why these stories matter. Read More
14 October 2026 – Sarah Nestor Lane 2
When I visited Waterloo, Iowa’s designated American World War II Heritage City, a local leader who supported the nomination pulled out a binder of things they hoped to accomplish: exhibits, walking tours, signage, and “Lesson plans for local schools.” There was relief and excitement when I said I would tackle the latter for the city. Read More
04 December 2025 – Victoria Villaseñor
Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. Read More
17 November 2022 – Allena Berry and Suzanne Fischer 1
What exactly defines a home front? With that question, the U.S. World War II Home Front working group began our first meeting. Very few visitors to WWII sites in the United States, especially those who come from non-white communities, see their history as home front history. Read More
31 August 2021 – Laura A. Macaluso 3
On more than 3,200 acres of land in South Fairfax County, twenty miles from Washington, DC, there is a patchwork of new housing developments and recreational facilities. Dispersed throughout these new features on the landscape are old brick buildings that constitute the Workhouse Arts Center, a not-for-profit organization supporting artist studios and gallery spaces. Read More
04 June 2019 – Sarah Biehl and Kimberly D. Boice 4
historic sites, Black museums series, The Public Historian, slavery, historic house museums, TPH 40.3, African American history, agricultural history
Editors’ Note: This post is part of a History@Work series that complements The Public Historian, volume 40, number 3, which is about the history of the field of Black Museums. Shawn Halifax writes in “McLeod Plantation Historic Site: Sowing Truth and Change,” that “many if not most historic plantations acknowledge or interpret African diasporic histories and cultures that existed within these landscapes to varying degrees.” Read More