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Historic Jamestowne
How easy is it to accept the first story we hear? By doing so, the path becomes easy. Is the Truth ever easy? Take a step back, for each creature […]
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Ernest Green
For around three quarters of a century between the 1870’s and the early 1960’s, Jim Crow laws would turn the United States into a divided nation separated by race. As […]
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Bryan Greene – Summer of Soul
In the minds of most 1969 African Americans,, the Harlem Cultural Festival was an event that would leave an indelible mark on the legacy of New York City. For two […]
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Jamestowne – Mark Summers Interview
Jamestowne is one of those sites that captures people’s imaginations. For decades, the first successful English colony in North America had been either heavily romanticised or downright despised depending on […]
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Women’s Rights Walk
Every significant movement of history has come with sacrifice. Each next step has come with someone acting upon their realization of the importance of renewal and awakening, or rather change. […]
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Doug Owsley Talk
He’s worked on everything from identifying some of the original settlers of Jamestown, to reinterring bodies from Flight 77. Few people in the world could claim to have the experience […]
If you managed to catch Phyllis Randall on one of her many volunteering runs at the local community centre or jail, you might have assumed that she’s just an ordinary, […]
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Arlington National Cemetery
There are many years which pass by where our respects are paid to people with stories the wind has blown away. A blossom of unknown things hits upon grief and […]
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Antietam National Battlefield
Why, I ask, do laughter and joy come in the same spots where time has left a stain of darkness? What voice tells time that renewal must come? Beauty is […]
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Tubing on Antietam Creek
The National History Academy’s Summer Residential Programme looks at all manners of the past with students oftentimes diving deep into some of the darkest chapters of American History. However, the […]
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To Kill a Mockingbird
As we all rushed to get ready just an hour before our scheduled time to leave, everyone was alive with excitement. We all had our best outfits on and all […]