Our guest on this episode, public historian Alena Pirok, explains how John D. Rockefeller’s vision of Colonial Williamsburg eventually gave way to a vision of the site championed by an early 20th century clergyman who saw ghosts. Join us for a conversion...
Here is the Associated Press: A federal agency could put money toward eventual development of a historical site that was once one of the largest slave markets in the United States. Enslaved people were sold from 1833 to 1863 at...
Here is The Associated Press: BOSTON (AP) — A living history museum in Massachusetts focused on colonial life on the English settlement at Plymouth is planning to change its name to better reflect the Native Americans that long lived in...
Doug Bradburn, the CEO of Mount Vernon, gave Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron a tour of George Washington’s estate in April 2018. Now Bradburn is talking about the Trump visit. Here is a taste of an article at Politico on...
Kevin Levin is a historian, educator, and the proprietor of the popular Civil War Memory blog. This interview is based on his new edited collection, Interpreting the Civil War at Museums and Historic Sites (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017). JF: What led you...
If you are a patron of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast, you have heard from producer Drew Dylri Hermeling this morning about how to access our first patrons-only summer mini-episode. Our guest on the episode is Todd Allen,...
I really like Christopher Bonner‘s post at the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. It is appropriately titled “The Bonds of History.” Here is a taste: In recent years, Whitney Plantation has been transformed into a site for the...
