National Parks Posters from the WPA Era
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 [...]
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03, 2021
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02, 2021
The Lafayette Trail Traces a Noteworthy Path
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 [...]
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01, 2021
Nellie Tayloe Ross: The First Female Governor
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 [...]
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12, 2020
Honoring a Remarkable Life: The William B. Gould Memorial Project
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 [...]
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12, 2020
Why Do You Love History?
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 [...]
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11, 2020
Gravestone Girls: Bringing New England Cemeteries to Life
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 [...]
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10, 2020
Ways You Can Support The Pursuit of History
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 [...]
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09, 2020
The Lucy Burns Museum: Shedding light on a dark episode in the history of women’s suffrage
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 [...]
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09, 2020
America’s Summer Roadtrip Recap
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. [...]
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07, 2020
American Panorama: Mapping History for the Twenty-First Century
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 [...]
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06, 2020
America’s Summer Roadtrip
America’s Summer Roadtrip The Pursuit of History puts on annual History Camps that bring together people from all walks of life for a day of learning and sharing. When we [...]
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06, 2020
From History Camp to The Pursuit of History
From History Camp to The Pursuit of History In late 2013, Lee Wright approached three authors and bloggers in the Boston area and proposed that they adapt the format that [...]
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06, 2020
Witness to the Revolution: Decoding the Boston Massacre
Witness to the Revolution: Decoding the Boston Massacre By Joanna Wendel Imagine yourself pacing the narrow streets of Boston on a chilly morning in 1770. The night before, March 5, [...]
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05, 2020
History Test Scores Have Dropped
History Test Scores Have Dropped By Kayla Schultz The state of public education has been and always will be a hot topic of conversation. While many of those conversations veer [...]
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05, 2020
History Camp Online
We feel that The Pursuit of History is more important now than ever. Lee was in the back of an Uber coming from the airport when we decided that we [...]
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05, 2020
History at Home
History at Home By Joanna Wendel Although shelter-in-place orders may be lifting gradually, most of us will still be spending more time than usual at home in the coming months—which [...]