May 18 - Virtual PD: Veterans Legacy Program with Florida National Cemetery

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In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, we are pleased to offer free professional development sessions in spring 2024 focusing on different aspects of American Veterans’ and Service Members’ lives on and off the battlefield and how to effectively bring that content back to the classroom. As a part of this series, we are now offering a virtual workshop:

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Announcing the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year, Matthew Vriesman

 
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

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Meet the 2022 Military History Prize Finalists

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the New-York Historical Society have announced the finalists for the tenth annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize.
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Register Now for the Constitution Day Voting Rights Forum on September 15

Join us Friday for the Gilder Lehrman Institute's Voting Rights Forum! Register here to livestream the forum from your home or school on September 15 at 2 pm ET. The Voting Rights Forum will be held at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. The panelists—representing a wide range of expert perspective on American history and politics—will discuss the history and evolution of voting rights as well as contemporary issues concerning voting and federalism:
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Announcing the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year Finalists

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is delighted to announce the ten finalists for the National History Teacher of the Year Award for 2023:
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Meet the 2023 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists

Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the twenty-fifth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. This annual prize of $25,000 recognizes the best book written in English on the topics of slavery, resistance, or abolition published in the preceding year. The 2023 Frederick Douglass Book Prize finalists are
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Recent Press Mentions

Graduation Ceremony Held for the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

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On Saturday, July 15, Gettysburg College celebrated the achievements of graduates of the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History.
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International Press for GLI's Spanish-American Curriculum Partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute

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The Sentinel Interviews Kevin Weddle on Winning the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

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"In today’s 5 Questions, The Sentinel gave Weddle the opportunity to delve deeper into the research and findings of his book that recently earned him the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History."
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