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Railroads play an outsized role in American history, memory, and culture, serving as both personal touchstones and as tangible symbols of economic, political, and military transformation. Learn more about recent efforts to expand historical knowledge and storytelling about railroad history in the western United States.

Join us for a discussion on the past, present, and future of protest and performance in Washington DC’s national parks

Upcoming virtual event series highlights how historians are using newly digitized materials and emerging digital methods to re-examine the era of the American Revolution.

History and heritage are central to the work of large landscape conservation. Yet, a large part of this “work” often goes unexplored – the story of work itself. Understanding how people shaped a place through their labor and how that place, in turn, shaped culture and community, is key to telling the story of a landscape.

Passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget is stalled in Congress. What are some items we are watching as the process unfolds this fall and what thoughts do you have on the administration’s proposals?

Railroads play an outsized role in American history, memory, and culture, serving as both personal touchstones and as tangible symbols of economic, political, and military transformation. Learn more about recent efforts to expand historical knowledge and storytelling about railroad history in the western United States.

Join us for a discussion on the past, present, and future of protest and performance in Washington DC’s national parks

Upcoming virtual event series highlights how historians are using newly digitized materials and emerging digital methods to re-examine the era of the American Revolution.

History and heritage are central to the work of large landscape conservation. Yet, a large part of this “work” often goes unexplored – the story of work itself. Understanding how people shaped a place through their labor and how that place, in turn, shaped culture and community, is key to telling the story of a landscape.

Passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget is stalled in Congress. What are some items we are watching as the process unfolds this fall and what thoughts do you have on the administration’s proposals?