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Ilyon Woo — Master Slave Husband Wife

[Presenter Name] Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom A History Camp Discussion with Ilyon Woo about her book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom. From the Publisher: 1848 was a year of global democratic revolt. Sicily, Paris, Berlin, Vienna – people across Europe rose up against tyrannical power. Americans received news of these uprisings while the ground beneath their own feet shifted: there were five hundred thousand square miles of new territory to be claimed westward; immigrants from Ireland, Germany, China, and elsewhere were arriving; in New York, the first Women’s Rights Convention was held; and the two-party political system was breaking down as voters became polarized over the issue of slavery. Against this backdrop, in Macon, Georgia, the enslaved married couple William and Ellen Craft planned their escape from bondage. Their story is one of the boldest [Read more...]

2024-06-19T23:13:37-04:00June 19, 2024|

History Camp Boston–Cambridge 2014

History Camp Boston–Cambridge 2014 History Camp Cambridge (the world’s first History Camp) was held on March 8, 2014 at the IBM Innovation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sessions 365 Days of Cool Adventures in Boston for History-Lovers Sara Hamlen A participatory adventure to kick of History Camp and rev up your creativity. Account Books Reveal the Darndest Things: Accessing a Ubiquitous and Opaque Source to Reveal Untold Stories about the American Revolution Dr. Sam Forman, author of Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty (Pelican Publishing) Becoming a Historian: How to Apply to and What to Expect in Graduate School Liz Covart, Uncommonplace Book An overview of how to apply and what to expect in a history Ph.D. program. Talk will offer suggestions about how to research professors and programs, what you should know about funding, the kind of work you [Read more...]

2023-12-31T16:50:44-05:00March 22, 2021|

Thomas E. Ricks — First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

Thomas E. Ricks First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation. On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Ricks awoke with a few questions on his mind: What kind of nation did we now have? Is it what was designed or intended by the nation’s founders? Trying to get as close to the source as he could, Ricks decided to go back and read the philosophy and literature that shaped the founders’ thinking, and the letters they wrote to each other debating these crucial works—among them the Iliad, Plutarch’s [Read more...]

2024-01-19T12:35:35-05:00April 27, 2023|

Tom Clavin — Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier

Tom Clavin Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier From the Publisher: The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power―Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. This is the setting of Blood and Treasure, and the guide to this epic narrative is America’s first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone―not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood [Read more...]

2024-09-20T18:49:42-04:00September 19, 2024|

Michael Paradis — The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

Michael Paradis The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower A History Camp Discussion with Michael Paradis about his book, The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. From the Publisher: A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history. On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing to invade Normandy, exhorting them to embrace the “Great Crusade” they faced. Then, in a fleeting moment alone, he drafted a resignation letter in case the invasion failed. In The Light of Battle, Michel Paradis, acclaimed author of Last Mission to Tokyo, paints a vivid portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as he learns to navigate the crosscurrents of diplomacy, politics, strategy, family, and fame with the [Read more...]

2024-09-06T16:21:08-04:00June 19, 2024|

Lee Wright, J.L. Bell and Scott Nadler — The Pursuit of History: Past, Present, and Future

Lee Wright, J.L. Bell and Scott Nadler The Pursuit of History: Past, Present, and Future The Pursuit of History is the non-profit organization behind History Camp, History Camp Author Discussions, and Pursuit of History Weekends. It was formed in 2019 to expand History Camp, which began in 2014 as a one-person effort. In 2020 when the world shut down, the organization created History Camp Author Discussions and America’s Summer Roadtrip. The following year the organization produced the first all-online History Camp, History Camp America. Last year they introduced Pursuit of History Weekends. Lee will share what we’ve learned through these many different efforts and his vision for where the organization is headed, Scott will cover what we have planned for The Pursuit of History: Santa Fe this fall, and John will lay out his plans for Pursuit of History Weekends in 2025 and 2026 that will cover [Read more...]

2024-08-27T04:24:48-04:00August 27, 2024|

2023 Image Gallery

History Camp Boston 2023 Image Gallery Click on an image to view it larger. Scroll to the bottom of the page to load more images. For even more History Camp 2023 photos, check out History Camp Valley Forge 2023, which took place this May. [Read more...]

2024-07-30T22:13:29-04:00September 14, 2023|

Lee Wright — Marketing and communications tools for historical societies and other history organizations

Lee Wright Marketing and communications tools for historical societies and other history organizations As a board member of an all-volunteer, member-supported historical society, Lee knows firsthand the challenge of reaching beyond an organization’s existing membership base to attract guests to programs and special events. In this talk he’ll review several free resources and tools, including a new weekly e-mail in development, “History Events in Iowa,” and the annual “Make this holiday historic!” campaign. Both are open to organizations of all types presenting history programs. [View this presentation on SlideShare, https://www.slideshare.net/TheHistoryList/marketing-and-communications-tools-for-historical-societies-and-other-history-organizations-web.] [Presented in November 2015.]

2023-08-31T03:10:09-04:00December 2, 2015|

Tom McMillan – Our Flag Was Still There: The Star Spangled Banner that Survived the British and 200 Years―And the Armistead Family Who Saved It

Tom McMillan Our Flag Was Still There: The Star Spangled Banner that Survived the British and 200 Years―And the Armistead Family Who Saved It Millions of Americans have seen the original Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian Institution, paying tribute to a tattered old flag that, more than 200 years ago, signaled victory over the British at Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. But few know how it got there. Or why. Author and historian Tom McMillan digs deep into story of the most famous flag in U.S. history, highlighting the unique role played by three generations of an enduring military family. His new book, OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE: The Star-Spangled Banner that Survived the British and 200 Years – And the Armistead Family Who Saved It, uses never-before-published letters and documents, and rare photos from the private collections of Armistead descendants to reveal: [Read more...]

2024-01-19T12:19:56-05:00July 21, 2023|

Lori Rogers-Stokes — Abigail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Esther: Nipmuc Women In and Out of the Congregational Church in Hassanamesit/Grafton

Lori Rogers-Stokes Abigail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Esther: Nipmuc Women In and Out of the Congregational Church in Hassanamesit/Grafton Congregationalism, the religion the Puritans established in Woodland New England, was shaped by Indigenous worshippers as well as English. In this talk, Rogers-Stokes will use church records to tell the dynamic stories of four Nipmuc women—sisters and cousins—of Hassanamesit (Grafton) at the turn of the 18th century who made very different, very personal choices about church belonging. Their lives and experiences as described in church records give us a new and priceless window into the world of Indigenous women asserting agency and maintaining kinship despite the threats and pressures of colonization. [Recorded August 12, 2023 ] Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD, is an independent scholar, public historian, and former contributing editor for New England’s Hidden Histories, a digital history project making three centuries of Congregational church records available through digitization [Read more...]

2024-01-19T11:59:07-05:00August 12, 2023|
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