Early in his first term, President Donald Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, establishing March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The law honored the women and men who served in the military during the...
The letters are heartbreaking. Women who had borne three, four, five, or more children in as many years of marriage wrote to Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), begging her to “tell me how to keep from becoming pregnant.” Today, it’s hard to...
Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. She also encourages them to figure out their own political views and to actively engage in civic...
Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. Free professional development. What more could you ask for?Applications open soon for our Fall 2025 Multi Day Seminars! We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics...
Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely SpotlightGloria SloanGloria Reeves Sloan was the oldest of the first three students to integrate Belmont High School. Entering Belmont High as a junior, she would be the first African American to graduate from...
By Martha Waldron, Assistant Administrator, Maryland Heritage Areas Program Joy, Resilience, and Community on the Chesapeake Less than one mile from Annapolis City Dock, as the crow flies, sits a 5-acre waterfront parcel known as Elktonia Beach: the last remnant...
Known as King William’s School in its early years, the Maryland Assembly formally chartered the institution as St. John’s College in 1784. Five buildings constructed on the campus predate 1864, the year Maryland abolished slavery: McDowell Hall (1789), Humphreys Hall...
Why is Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but it’s profound enough to be worth discussing with older students as well. Near the start of his presidency,...
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. Thirteen years before Ms. Parks refused to move for a white passenger, Bayard Rustin had a similar...
By Deborah Scott, Director, The Buffalo Soldier Living History Site While Marylanders are familiar with the histories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and the Underground Railroad, they may be less familiar with the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and the...
