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2025
2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Laureate Announced
Announcing the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists
2024
Craig Symonds Wins the 11th Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
David Waldstreicher Wins 2024 George Washington Prize
Finalists for the 11th Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Announced
2024 George Washington Prize Nominees Announced
2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipients Announced
Nominations Now Open for the 2024 National History Teacher of the Year Award
Announcing the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists
2023
Bruce Henderson Wins the Tenth Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
2023 George Washington Prize Awarded to Maurizio Valsania
Michigan Teacher Matthew Vriesman Named 2023 National History Teacher of the Year
Finalists for the Tenth Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Announced
2023 George Washington Prize Nominees Announced
Announcing the Scholarship Winners for the 2023 Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement
Winners of the 2023 EduHam Online Performance Video Competition and Lottery Announced
2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipients Announced
Announcing the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists
2022
Announcing the 2022 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners
Announcing the 10 Scholarship Winners for the 2022 Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement
Hawaii Teacher Misha Matsumoto Yee Named 2022 National History Teacher of the Year
Kevin J. Weddle Wins the 2021 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
NEH Awards Gilder Lehrman Institute a Summer Institutes for Educators Grant
Announcing the 2022 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists
2022 George Washington Prize Awarded to Bruce A. Ragsdale for “Washington at the Plow”
Announcing the Gilder Lehrman College Fellows in American History for 2022
Gilder Lehrman Institute Voting Rights Project Wins 2022 Leonore Annenberg Award
The Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute Holds Inaugural Teacher Symposium at Gettysburg College Summer of 2022
2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
2021
Announcing the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Co-Winners Vincent Brown and Marjoleine Kars
Announcing the 2021 Gilder Lehrman Scholarly Fellows
Alexander Mikaberidze Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
Connecticut High School Teacher Nataliya Braginsky Named 2021 National History Teacher of the Year
Announcing the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists
Ten Finalists for the Inaugural Gilder Lehrman-Rise Prize Announced
Ten Winners of American History in 100 Documents: An Innovative Curriculum Contest Announced
2021 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
The John Winthrop Fellowship with a Focus on Colonial History
Announcing the 2021 Lincoln Prize Finalists
2020
Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
John C. McManus Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
Rick Atkinson Receives the 2020 George Washington Prize for The British Are Coming
Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide
Announcing Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Live Discussions with Eminent Historians on Sunday Afternoons
2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
Announcing the 2020 Lincoln Prize Finalists
2019
Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Andrew Lambert Wins the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History
Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize
Washington DC High School Social Studies Teacher Named 2019 National History Teacher of the Year
Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to Be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide
David Blight Awarded the 2019 Lincoln Prize for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
2018
Rutgers, Harvard Professors Share 20th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize
Cathal Nolan Wins Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History
Announcing the 2018 History Teacher of the Year: Joseph Welch