Following the Tracks of the Underground Railroad in Warren County
The diverse population living in Warren County, Ohio in the decades leading up to the Civil War made the area a hot bed [...]
Torn Within and Threatened Without: Kentuckians in the Civil War Era
In preparing for their Civil War sesquicentennial, the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) board decided to move beyond simply commemorating the conflict. Instead, the [...]
Watergate: Political Scandal & the Presidency
As the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal approached, staff at the North Carolina Museum of History realized that a comprehensive exhibit about [...]
The Left Front: Radical Art in the "Red Decade," 1929-1940
In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, artists united with writers and other cultural producers [...]