This series of online exhibitions explores the importance of Alexander Hamilton to the founding of the United States. Each mini-exhibition features locations where Alexander Hamilton made history and documents written by or about him. For classroom use, we have provided links to lesson plans that are most relevant to each of the mini-exhibitions. Mini-Exhibition Related Lesson Plans Jefferson v. Hamilton and the Idea of Liberty Opposing Viewpoints on the Ratification of the US Constitution How Hamilton Solved the Economic Problems Facing the United States Understanding...

Ashley White-Stumpf Iraq & Afghanistan Ashley White-Stumpf served in the Army during the Afghanistan War. She was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for her service. Image Source: Photograph of the unveiling ceremony for Ashley White-Stumpf’s memorial at Goldsboro National Guard Armory, 2013, U.S. Army Ashley White-Stumpf’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan

Jose Angel Garibay Iraq & Afghanistan In 1979, Simona Garibay and her youngest son, Jose Angel Garibay, came to the United States from Jalisco, Mexico. After his death in Iraq, the US government awarded Cpl. Jose Garibay posthumous citizenship. Image Source: Leonard Ortiz, Photograph of Simona Garibay holds a banner honoring her son, US Marine Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, 2013, Getty Images Jose Angel Garibay’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold...

Alan G. Rogers Iraq & Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers served in the Army during the Gulf and Iraq Wars. For his master’s thesis in policy management from Georgetown, Rogers wrote about the effect of the US military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on military recruiting and retention rates. Image Source: Photograph of Major Alan G. Rogers in Iraq, 2017, National Museum of the United States Army Alan G. Rogers’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War...

Grace Murray Hopper Cold War Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was a naval computer scientist who held the rank of rear admiral when she retired in 1985. Image Source: Lynn Gilbert, Photograph of Grace Murray Hopper in her office in Washington, DC, 1978, Private Collection Grace Murray Hopper’s Biography Cold War Veterans Walter Schirra Jr. Perry Watkins Grace Murray Hopper All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan

Perry Watkins Cold War Perry Watkins served fifteen years in the Army as an openly gay man. Despite this, in 1980, the Army revoked his security clearance and had him discharged because he was gay, a discharge he successfully fought in court. Image Source: Lina Pallotta, Photograph of Perry Watkins (left) and Miriam Ben-Shalom at a rally in Washington, D.C., 1993, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Perry Watkins’s Biography Primary Source Excerpts In 1980, the Army revoked Watkins’s security clearance...

Walter Schirra Jr. Cold War After completing ninety combat missions during the Korean War, Walter Schirra Jr. was named one of seven test pilots for NASA’s Project Mercury. Image Source: Yvette Smith, Photograph of Walter Schirra emerging from the Gemini VI capsule, 1965, NASA Walter Schirra Jr.’s Biography Cold War Veterans Walter Schirra Jr. Perry Watkins Grace Murray Hopper All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan

John W. Rogers Sr. World War II In World War II, John W. Rogers was one of the original twenty-eight Black airmen recruited to the 99th Pursuit Squadron, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Rogers flew more than 120 missions in Europe. Image Source: Photograph of Airman John W. Rogers in front of a plane, ca. 1941-1945, Chanute Air Museum John W. Rogers Sr.’s Biography World War II Veterans Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama Joe Morris Sr. Annie Fox John W. Rogers Sr. All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan ...

Annie Fox World War II Annie Fox was Station Hospital’s chief nurse during the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i. On October 26, 1942, Fox became the first woman in America to be awarded the Purple Heart for her heroism during the attack. Image Source: United States Public Health Service Division of Nurse Education and Jon Whitcomb, Poster urging women to "Be a Cadet Nurse," 1944, Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC09520.04 Annie Fox’s Biography World War II Veterans Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama Joe Morris Sr. Annie Fox John W. Rogers Sr. All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil...