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fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

SF City Guides Memorial Day 2026 (10 Free Walking Tours)

San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours daily, with a variety of themes and times available for public participation.
Miscellaneous
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Indigenous slavery in the Americas lasted centuries under various names, and a public history project aims to accurately document and recognize this historical reality.
fromwww.npr.org
6 months ago

This museum immerses students in U.S. history: 'You can smell it, touch it, see it'

Kat Lloyd stands in the dim light on the first-floor staircase of a dilapidated, New York City tenement building. Before her: a tour of wide-eyed teens on a field trip from their high school in Queens. Their guide, Lloyd, encourages the students to imagine the building's 22 apartments when they were new, back in 1863, and brimming with mostly German immigrants.
Education
History
fromABC7 Los Angeles
6 months ago

Marin City's Legacy Banners: A testament of resilience and determination during WWII

Marin City celebrates the Black shipyard workers' WWII legacy through banners, exhibits, books, bus stops and QR-linked educational resources.
History
fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

A new book, 'History Matters,' features the work of David McCullough

History preserves collective memory, fosters curiosity, celebrates enduring values like courage and respect, and links past events to present civic responsibility.
fromTime Out London
10 months ago

London is getting a new mini museum all about the Great Fire of London

The proposal will transform the existing space into a micro museum for the Monument to the Great Fire of London. It offers a great opportunity to provide a publicly accessible cultural space with unique historic interpretation of the Monument and its many layered stories.
London
fromSFGATE
11 months ago

National Parks ordered to police 'negative' history under Trump directive

"The stories that have shaped our past include not only elements that make us proud but also aspects that make us acutely aware of tragedies in our nation's history."
Right-wing politics
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