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Teaching local history in a time of statewide tests is a perpetual challenge. It is easier to teach about when slavery was ended in Texas than it is when it ended in your own state. It is easier to teach about the Battle of Yorktown than it is what happened in the American Revolution in […]
Activists have returned to Albany, and some lawmakers don’t like it That was the headline of a recent article in New York. The advocacy issue here is secondary to advocacy decorum. Now that legislative buildings are open again, the quiet of Covid has been disrupted by the pleas of in-person advocates. Here is how one […]
The New England Museum Association (NEMA) held a series of advocacy sessions for the six New England States; March 14-18 9:30-10:30 am – Rev Up! New England Museum Week webinar National politics get a lot of attention, but state and local government make a huge difference in our daily lives and communities. Celebrate how your […]
To follow-up on my previous blog on museum advocacy at the Federal level, I want to explore the possibility of history advocacy at the Federal level. In particular, I wish to call people’s attention to the National Coalition for History: The National Coalition for History (NCH) is a consortium of over 50 organizations that advocates […]
It’s advocacy time. The State legislature buildings are open. Given the uncertainty due to COVID regarding the opening dates, some of the in-person efforts have been curtailed or have migrated to virtual this year. In this blog, I will review a federal level museum advocacy program. I next will propose a federal level history advocacy […]
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” These words uttered to Paul Newman in the movie Cool Hand Luke (1967) have become part of American folklore. They attest among other things the challenge in effective communication. As anyone who writes or speaks in public (and even in private settings) knows that while you know […]
The post continues the examination of the multi-authored section of the Journal of the Early Republic (JER 41 Summer 2021) dedicated to David McCullough’s The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West. This new feature called Critical Engagements represents an attempt by the Society of Historians of the Early […]
David McCullough and academic historians generally do not mix. Historians derisively refer to books by McCullough and his ilk as “airport books.” These are the kinds of books one buys in an airport and not at a history conference or from an academic press. Another derogatory term is (white) Father’s Day Gift. Therefore it was […]
This post is the last on Lafayette’s travels to New York State. For the earlier posts go to: The Lafayette 1824-1825 Bicentennial: Are You Ready? Lafayette in New York Bicentennial: His Second Trip Lafayette in New York: The Third of Four Trips In this trip, he once again makes use of the new-fangled steamboat to […]
Remember the office water cooler? The office water cooler holds a special place in American lore. It is the place where people who work together in person (remember that?) gather together to share stories, news, and gossip. The sharing may be about a TV show from the night before, a sports or news event, or […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
