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Tavern tabs, laundry bills, flour receipts: how historians rebuild Revolutionary-era Philadelphia from the documents most people throw away. With Dr. Catherine Person, American Philosophical Society. Free classroom resources included.

Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM ET. Register: buff.ly/Wk0mui4

We are looking at a painting of St Liphardus - a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. He is wearing bishops clothing including a surplus and mitre and is holding a crook. On a lead is a small knee high green and blue dragon.

We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.

Clarke Speaker Series - Award-Winning Author, Laurie Halse Anderson on Rebellion 1776 Hear Anderson speak about her newest YA novel, Rebellion 1776, which explores the chaotic time of the start of the American Revolution in Boston through the eyes of a servant girl.

Tonight I have the honor of speaking about Rebellion 1776 at Central Michigan University. Join me for tips on rebellions, research, and writing. Sass, snark, and 18th century gossip guaranteed!

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LINKS educators gathered at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum in Wichita on 3/7 for a Saturday Seminar on Life in Colonial America with Dr. Holly White (William & Mary) and Spotlight Educators Tahra Nayelli & Jasmine Medina.
"The best PD of my 30+ years of teaching." —Kansas teacher

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Founders Online: William Goforth to John Jay, 8 April 1776 William Goforth to John Jay, 8 April 1776

8 APRIL 1776, TROIS-RIVIÈRES, CANADA: Having seen the effect of smallpox this winter on the army that invaded Canada, Captain William Goforth (not knowing the Siege of Boston has ended) urges the Continental Congress to have all New England inoculated: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ja...

Astronaut John Glenn’s Revolutionary War Flag Astronaut John Glenn carried this reproduction of General George Washington’s Headquarters Flag into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.

We're feeling moon joy watching #ArtemisII 🌕

#DYK Our exact replica of General George Washington's Headquarters Flag went to space with astronaut John Glenn aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998! Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ubD4RK

We are looking at a medieval manuscript showing a rabbit playing a trumpet. Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica, England ca. 1283-1300 (British Library, Royal 3 D VI, fol. 234r)

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Happy Easter everyone!

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George Washington, painted in 1776 by Charles Willson Peale

Martha Washington, painted posthumously ca. 1851 by Rembrandt Peale

4 APRIL 1776, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: George & Martha Washington depart for New York, expected to be the site of the next British attack. They will take different routes: Martha will take “the upper, or Common Post Road” through Hartford while George travels via Providence.

John Adams in 1793

3 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “Great Things were done,” John Adams will later write of this day, on which Congress finalizes its instructions to all sea captains sending letters of marque and orders blank privateering commissions, signed by John Hancock, sent to each colony.

Publication Day! Very excited!

Congratulations!! Looking forward to reading it!!

Samuel Adams, painted by John Singleton Copley

3 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “Is not America already independent? Why then not declare it?” Samuel Adams asks Samuel Cooper. “Because say some, it will forever shut the Door of Reconciliation. Upon what Terms will Britain be reconciled with America?”

UConn star sophomore Sarah Strong named the AP Player of the Year in women's college basketball Sarah Strong of UConn is The Associated Press women’s basketball Player of the Year. Strong is averaging 18.6 pints, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 1.6 blocks a game while helping UConn go 38-0 heading into this week's Final Four.

Sarah Strong of UConn is The Associated Press women's basketball Player of the Year.

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It’s still so sweet! UConn’s Daily Campus today.

A resource series for 2026, Tuesdays @ 4, amazing lineup starts with @rezekjoe.bsky.social on the essential read for 1776 and 2026, T Paine’s _Common Sense._

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photograph or a poster on cream colored paper. "Dear President Ambar, we are writing to you on a typewriter that is over 70 years old. This is a machine that we all know well. With it, we misspell words without the crutch of spell check or generative AI and we think intently about every phrase we pound out. As we force ourselves, for once, to slow down, we engage in a cognitive dialogue with ourselves. We do not seek perfection because we know that education is about the growing and challenging of our young minds' potential, not the chasing of institutional 'gold-star' approval. We do not believe that your so-called 'Year of AI Exploration; providing enterprise ChatGPT and Google Gemini subscriptions to every Oberlin student aligns with our college's founding principles. You claim that this year will be one of experimentation, not adoption. But even just one semester of accepted (encouraged even) chat bot use will jettison our student body down a lazy and irredeemable tunnel of intellectual destruction. We are a college grounded in learning and labor, which now risks straying from these rooted ideals. With ChatGPT at the helm, our emails, essays,and discussion posts will be generated for us, not by us. And let's not fool ourselves. This is precisely what these platforms will be used for by our busy, anxious student body. We see your vision for this year as.advancing the college's 'businessification'--an alarming trend also seen in the takeover of our beloved library cafe by a 'bookstore' with no books in stock and an app replacing customer service. In one instance, the college assumes we want efficiency at all costs through automated rather than hand pulled coffee. In the other lies the false belief that we simply desire to turn in an essay, regardless of how little we've written of it." there's more that doesn't fit in the 2000 character limit :(

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

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New archbishop of Canterbury acknowledges abuse of ‘victims and survivors’ in first sermon Sarah Mullally is formally installed as the Church of England’s spiritual head in grand ceremony The new archbishop of Canterbury highlighted the pain caused to victims and survivors of abuse by the Church of England in her first sermon, delivered at a grand ceremony marking her formal installation as its spiritual head. Sarah Mullally, a former nurse who has made history as the C of E’s first female archbishop, said “we must not overlook or minimise the pain experienced by those who have been harmed through the actions, inactions and failures of those in our own Christian churches and communities. Continue reading...

New archbishop of Canterbury acknowledges abuse of ‘victims and survivors’ in first sermon

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Oh, neat! The excerpt that @amrevmuseum.bsky.social featured from this volume in their #ReadtheRevolution series for #WomensHistoryMonth is from my essay, "'The First Incendiary': A Female Arsonist and the New York City Fire of 1776."

Founders Online: Josiah Quincy to George Washington, 21 March 1776 Josiah Quincy to George Washington, 21 March 1776

21 MARCH 1776, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS: Josiah Quincy, Sr., writes to George Washington to congratulate him for his victory in the Siege of Boston: founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...

West Philadelphia Baptist church with ties to Underground Railroad celebrates 200 years of faith It's been 200 years, or over 10,000 Sunday services, since Monumental Baptist Church was founded.

Among the powerful stories in Monumental Baptist Church's 200-year history are its ties to the abolitionist movement. The West Philadelphia church founded on March 24, 1826, is about to turn 200 years old.

Dolores Huerta Lesson Plans - Dolores Huerta Foundation

Civics, history, ethnic studies K-12 lessons from the Dolores Huerta Foundation for Community Organizing. Practical, powerful & “designed to inspire action and community engagement“ ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾 #sschat doloreshuerta.org/about-us/les...

Image of cannon, on top of a page from Henry Knox's diary. The text below reads, "How did Henry Knox's journey change the course of the American Revolution?" Below is the logo of the Object of History podcast, with text next to it reading, "Season 5, Episode 3: Making War Part I: The Knox Diary and Seizing Ticonderoga’s Cannons."

Season 5, Episode 3 of the Object of History podcast is here! Learn about the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, the colonists’ dire need for artillery to break the Siege of Boston, Henry Knox’s journey, and more. Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...

I have a history joke, but I'm not sure about the ending.

Image if George could talk to Elsbeth Culpepper from Rebellion 1776 ... she could bring up up to speed on conditions in Boston faster than anyone. Then she'd demand that he help her find her father.

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One Word, Six Letters Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted s...

In case you want to order many copies of One Word, Six Letters by @adibkhorram.bsky.social, here's more information from the publisher.

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One Word, Six Letters – ARC review One Word, Six Lettersby Adib KhorramRelease Date: March 17, 2026Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Number of pages: 224Source: ARC from NetGalleyYoung AdultCW: bullywing, body dysmorphia, homomisia Two t…

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Librarians and other brilliant, compassionate people - One Word, Six Letters by @adibkhorram.bsky.social comes out on Tuesday!!!! Order your copy RIGHT NOW!