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, the new assistant Special Assistant to the President and Provost for Diversity Affairs at Messiah College. Todd is a scholar of the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement and wrote his doctoral dissertation on museum interpretations of the Selma … [Read more...] about Our First Summer “Patrons-Only” Episode is Here
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Messiah College First Year Humanities Scholars Take Colonial Philadelphia
Flag at the Betsy Ross houseLast Saturday I led nine members of the inaugural class of the Messiah College Humanities Scholars Program on a day-long journey through colonial and revolutionary-era Philadelphia.I am privileged to get to work at a place that takes the humanities seriously. Messiah College is a comprehensive college. That means that we have both liberal arts and professional programs (think nursing and engineering). While many comprehensive colleges and … [Read more...] about Messiah College First Year Humanities Scholars Take Colonial Philadelphia
Still Room on the “Religion, Rebellion and the Founding Fathers Tour”
As I have noted here before, I will be working with the good folks at America's History, LLC to offer "Religion, Rebellion & the Founding Fathers," a tour of colonial mid-Atlantic sites relevant to the founding fathers and their religious world.We will be exploring the religious and political history of three local places that played a role in the American Revolution: Philadelphia (of course), Greenwich, NJ (home of Philip Vickers Fithian and the Greenwich Tea Burning), … [Read more...] about Still Room on the “Religion, Rebellion and the Founding Fathers Tour”
Join Us For The “Religion, Rebellion & the Founding Fathers” Tour
Christ Church, PhiladelphiaNOTE: THIS TOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILSThis Spring The Way of Improvement Leads Home is teaming up with America's History, LLC to offer a three-day tour focused on religion and the American Revolution in the Delaware Valley. I will be serving as the historian for a tour of early American religious sites in Philadelphia, Greenwich (home of the famous "Greenwich Tea Burning" and the less famous Greenwich Tea Burning Project), … [Read more...] about Join Us For The “Religion, Rebellion & the Founding Fathers” Tour
The Moonlight Patriots
Back in April when I lectured on Was America Founded as a Christian Nation at the Fraunces Tavern Museum, I learned about an unusual tour of revolutionary-era New York City. I have given a few tours of eighteenth-century New York, but nothing quite like this. Every 4th of July the Tavern sponsors a "Moonlight Patriots" walking tour of colonial and revolutionary Manhattan. In order to avoid traffic, the tour is conducted from 2am to 6am. Tour guide James Kaplan leads the … [Read more...] about The Moonlight Patriots