Hands Off Our History At Harpers Ferry and beyond, the public is pushing back against historical erasure.

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Want government accountability? Start with the archives. No nation can be democratic, transparent, or accountable without trustworthy and accessible records of its past.

Want government accountability? Start with the archives. #harpp
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Busy day ahead at #AASLH2025. My public history research and consulting firm is the sponsor of today’s Historic House Museum Luncheon, and I’m part of a 2:00 session, “Sharing LGBTQ+ Stories through Historical Markers & Monuments.” !!!!

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I read somewhere, if marriage benefited women, it would have been taken away from us by now.

I’m spending this morning with my local LGBTQ+ Pride campers, 12-14 year olds. It’s a highlight of my year!!

Just sent it to you in a LinkedIn message!

Trust Americans to Learn from the Past A joint statement by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), Organization of American Historians (OAH), Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), As...

Joint statement from multiple professional organizations decrying the federal government’s efforts to sanitize (ie, lie about) the nation’s past. aaslh.org/trust-americ...

Event: Ridgefield Oral History Project Celebration & Conversation Ridgefield LGBTQIA+ Oral History Project culminates with a community gathering led by historian Dr. Susan Ferentinos, exploring identity, legacy, and lived experience through storytelling.

Honestly, I’m a little sad this one’s (almost) over. Any archives or museums out there want to do something similar? ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/ridgef...

Historians of western Washington say Hi! And Hang in there!

Expanding #Queer Narratives in #Museums, @aaslh.org webinar, July 10, learn.aaslh.org/products/exp...

On a ferry, drinking coffee. Feeling very PNW as I head to Seattle for a week of research.

Mug reading “Women’s history is American history”

Breaking out my new mug from the Smithsonian. Let’s not forget its message.

I’m spending the day reading LGBTQ+ newspapers from the 1980s and 1990s. I’d forgotten how much we all used to talk about sex!

At the risk of screaming into the void: if you care about American history, you should care about the 250th. This is a rare chance to reintroduce history to broad swaths of the American public, to redefine public engagement with history for a generation. Don’t cede the whole thing to Trump.

Interpreting Historic House Museums Today: Reflections on the 2025 AASLH Summit By Mary A. van Balgooy, Vice President, Engaging Places LLC Last week, I attended the 2025 AASLH Historic House Museums Summit, “Interpreting Historic House Museums Today,” held at the Edsel and El…

@engagingplaces.bsky.social consultant Mary Van Balgooy wrote a good blog post about the Historic House Museum Summit I co-facilitated last week. engagingplaces.net/2025/04/29/i...

At the @aaslh.bsky.social museum summit last week, MC @michellenmoon.bsky.social had us each write a note of encouragement to an anonymous colleague. Then she gave each of us a note as we left. I just read mine & cried. Take care of each other out there!

Entrance to the National Arab American Museum

I love my job.

Interpreting Historic House Museums Today Interpreting Historic House Museums Today April 22 - 23, 2025 Ford House Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan Sponsored by the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation and the Ford House Registration closed Apr...

In Detroit, prepping to co-facilitate the @aaslh summit on interpreting historic house #museums! aaslh.org/annualconfer...

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

Thank you, @harvard.edu!!

The NEH is crucial to an accurate telling of history in the US. Thank you for that, and keep fighting the good fight!

I was trying to get at thing that’s been bubbling around me at #NCPH2025 and I hit on “solidarity.” Turns out that’s this year’s conference theme. So, well done program committee! Mission accomplished.

En route to #ncph2025 in Montreal!! Looking forward to convening with my #PublicHistory peeps and envisioning a better world

Thank you @ptfilmfest.bsky.social for this weekend’s mini-fest “Black Film in the PNW.” I needed that break from the news, that camaraderie, and that creative inspiration.

Transfeminist Perspectives on History and Pedagogy This interview with Finn Enke was conducted by Anne E. Parsons, assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and chair of the OAH’s Committee on the Status of Lesbi...

Celebrating Women’s History Month! From the Process archives, Anne Parsons interviews Finn Enke on researching, teaching, and writing with transfeminist perspective: www.processhistory.org/transfeminis...

. @oah.org has started collecting information on historical research and sources that are at risk of being removed from the Internet or from collections. Share what you know at www.oah.org/2025/03/12/r...

papers being torn apart

📜 How we remember matters. What happens when records become harder to access? OAH has launched the Records at Risk Data Collection Initiative to track changes in the availability of historical sources & their impact on public history.

🔎 Read about it: ow.ly/c9A950VgxWt

The Western #Museums Association has put together a list of LGBTQ+ Museum Resources: westmuse.org/articles/lgb...

Analysis: Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by my custom tool.

A recap of the government’s censorship of LGBTQ+ content: www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...