Historians looked back at the year 1862 and discussed Native Americans and the American West, including the U.S-Dakota Wars and the Sand Creek Massacre. This program was part of the Organization of American Historians annual conference in Boston.
Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners, authors John Wood Sweet, ("The Sewing Girl's Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández ("Bad Mexicans") and Beverly Gage ( "G-Man").
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum dedicated a new monument to Vietnam War veterans -- on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Some 100 veterans of that war were present at the ceremony, co-hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California.
There are 11 women honored in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. A bipartisan gathering of female members of Congress remembered them, and commemorated their work and achievements. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to five veterans of the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders, who fought in the China-Burma-Indian Theater during World War II.
A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress's National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the collection and was selected by the state of Florida. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were among the speakers.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- along with the Missouri Congressional Delegation -- welcomed a bronze statue of Harry Truman to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. He is the 10th president to be honored there, joining statues of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart's statue joined one of former President Dwight Eisenhower in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection to represent Kansas. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly were among the speakers.
Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners, authors John Wood Sweet, ("The Sewing Girl's Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández ("Bad Mexicans") and Beverly Gage ( "G-Man").
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum dedicated a new monument to Vietnam War veterans -- on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Some 100 veterans of that war were present at the ceremony, co-hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California.
There are 11 women honored in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. A bipartisan gathering of female members of Congress remembered them, and commemorated their work and achievements. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to five veterans of the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders, who fought in the China-Burma-Indian Theater during World War II.
A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress's National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the collection and was selected by the state of Florida. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were among the speakers.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- along with the Missouri Congressional Delegation -- welcomed a bronze statue of Harry Truman to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. He is the 10th president to be honored there, joining statues of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart's statue joined one of former President Dwight Eisenhower in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection to represent Kansas. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly were among the speakers.
Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners, authors John Wood Sweet, ("The Sewing Girl's Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández ("Bad Mexicans") and Beverly Gage ( "G-Man").
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum dedicated a new monument to Vietnam War veterans -- on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Some 100 veterans of that war were present at the ceremony, co-hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California.
There are 11 women honored in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. A bipartisan gathering of female members of Congress remembered them, and commemorated their work and achievements. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to five veterans of the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders, who fought in the China-Burma-Indian Theater during World War II.
A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress's National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the collection and was selected by the state of Florida. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were among the speakers.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- along with the Missouri Congressional Delegation -- welcomed a bronze statue of Harry Truman to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. He is the 10th president to be honored there, joining statues of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart's statue joined one of former President Dwight Eisenhower in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection to represent Kansas. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly were among the speakers.
Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners, authors John Wood Sweet, ("The Sewing Girl's Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández ("Bad Mexicans") and Beverly Gage ( "G-Man").
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum dedicated a new monument to Vietnam War veterans -- on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Some 100 veterans of that war were present at the ceremony, co-hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California.
There are 11 women honored in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. A bipartisan gathering of female members of Congress remembered them, and commemorated their work and achievements. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted this event.
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to five veterans of the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders, who fought in the China-Burma-Indian Theater during World War II.
A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress's National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the collection and was selected by the state of Florida. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were among the speakers.
