2021 Highlights and Accomplishments 2021 was an exciting year and included the launch of our first all-day online History Camp America; 50 online, free History Camp Discussions with historians [...]
Sparrows Point: From Steelmaking to Distribution Center Hub By Donna K. Keesling In the mid to late 1800s, the railroad industry was laying new tracks and spurring industrial growth in [...]
Operation Torch: Striking Back in North Africa By Donna K. Keesling “You have embarked for distant places where the war is being fought.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote these words [...]
The Gettysburg Address Still Resonates Today By John Allison Why should we care about the Gettysburg Address? Lincoln wasn’t the keynote speaker at the dedication of the National Cemetery on [...]
Still Searching for the “Lost Colony” By Donna K. Keesling “CRO” and “CROATOAN,” carved into a tree and a post were the only clues that Englishman John White found when [...]
The Battle of Gettysburg – Crucial Turning Point By Donna K. Keesling The town of Gettysburg, in southcentral Pennsylvania, was laid out with two hundred and ten lots by James [...]
Celebrating the Smithsonian Institution’s 175th Anniversary By Donna K. Keesling On August 10, 2021, the Smithsonian Institution celebrated its 175th anniversary. You probably know the Smithsonian by its many artifacts [...]
America’s First Fourth of July By J. L. Bell, boston1775.net As the latest The Pursuit of History Historical Moments mailing quoted, John Adams praised the Continental Congress’s vote for independence [...]
A Trip Down History Lane: Reading My Way Through the Pandemic By Dr. Michael Shire The innocent question asked by grandchildren to their grandparents, ‘What did you do during the [...]
Katharine Gibbs: Pioneering American Business Executive By Rose Doherty Women will be in public life from now on. However, this societal change did not happen quickly and was the result [...]
National Parks Posters from the WPA Era By Joanna Wendel In honor of The Pursuit of History’s limited edition screenprint of Fort Ticonderoga, designed in the iconic style of [...]
The Lafayette Trail Traces a Noteworthy Path By Joanna Wendel The Marquis de Lafayette played a major role in the American Revolution and helped build an enduring friendship between France [...]
Nellie Tayloe Ross: The First Female Governor By Joanna Wendel January 2021 will be remembered as the inauguration of Kamala Harris, the United States’ first female vice president. But this [...]
Honoring a Remarkable Life: The William B. Gould Memorial Project By Joanna Wendel Over the summer, as he watched statues fall around the country, Brian Keaney began to think about [...]
I have loved history my whole life. I love the story of history – that’s what connects us to it because the story is how we relate to people in [...]
Gravestone Girls: Bringing New England Cemeteries to Life By Joanna Wendel Most people take their Halloween decorations out of storage every October and then pack them away until the following [...]
History has an important place in our lives. You understand how important it is to appreciate our past, and how it connects to our present. Like you, we believe that [...]
The Lucy Burns Museum: Shedding light on a dark episode in the history of women’s suffrage By Joanna Wendel August 18, 2020 marked the centennial of the ratification of the [...]
When we had to cancel our in-person History Camps this year, we wanted to find a unique way to connect people to history and to historic sites across the country. [...]
12 road trip destinations (plus virtual trips there) for history buffs [USA Today] Missing travel and learning about history? The Pursuit of History, a nonprofit that aims to engage more [...]
Stop at Thomas Edison’s Factory on a Virtual Cross Country Road Trip [Untapped Cities] Cross country drives are a longstanding American tradition, but due to the COVID-19 pandemicand accompanying restrictions, [...]
“America’s Summer Road Trip,” 1 Aug [Boston1775 Blog] When History Camp Boston and then other History Camps had to be canceled this year because of the pandemic, the organizers of [...]
Freedom Center to participate in 12-part virtual road trip of U.S. [Cincinnati Business Courier] The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is one of 12 stops on a virtual road trip [...]
Heart Mountain to participate in ‘America’s Summer Roadtrip’ online broadcast on August 1 [KULR8] POWELL, WYO. – Heart Mountain Interpretive Center will take part in a new national event, “America’s [...]
Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum to be featured in ‘America’s Summer Roadtrip’ [WickedLocal] The Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum, chosen as one of the most significant historical sites in the nation, will [...]
‘America’s Summer Road Trip’ showcases notable historic sites [San Francisco Examiner] Spanish American writer and philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat [...]
America’s Summer Road Trip featuring Historic New Bridge Landing [Patch.com] The Bergen County Historical Society is excited to announce that Historic New Bridge Landing has been selected to participate in [...]
American Panorama: Mapping History for the Twenty-First Century By Joanna Wendel What is a map? Fundamentally, it’s a tool, a visual record of the surface of the world. Yet maps [...]
Immerse yourself in American History with a virtual summer roadtrip [Great Day Washington] America’s Summer Roadtrip 2020 is a free live stream event debuting on 8/1. Lee Wright, Founder and [...]
Carrie Lund, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Pursuit of History with Michael Patrick Shiels [Michigan’s Big Show] We love travel and we love to get out there to the [...]