History Now Essay A Nation of Immigrants from the Outset: The Signers Born Abroad James G. Basker and Sofia Melnychuck We are often focused today on the fact that the signers of the Declaration of Independence did not include women, African Americans, or Indigenous people, and how far this deviated from the spirit of “all men are created equal.” And... Appears in: 64 | New Light on the Declaration and Its Signers Fall 2022
About page 2021 Winter Newsletter Dear Friend of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Only 15% of eighth graders across the country are proficient in US history. Only 23% of them are competent in civics. These statistics represent a profound decline since 2014, according to...
Essay Facing the New Millennium Michael Flamm 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In 1941, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Time magazine publisher Henry Luce predicted that the twentieth century would become known as the "American Century." By many measures he was correct. During the next sixty years, the United States...
Program/Event Past Fellows Below is a list of all recipients of Gilder Lehrman Fellowships since the program’s founding. The Fellow’s name, home institution at the time of the fellowship, and project title are followed by the research archive and year of the...
Program/Event Scholarly Fellowships | Past Fellows Below is a list of all recipients of Gilder Lehrman Fellowships since the program’s founding. The fellow’s name, home institution at the time of the fellowship, and project title are followed by the research archive and year of the...