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The American Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Spanish Influence on the American Revolution Explore Our Resource Suite In partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and the Royal Academy of History of Spain, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer this free suite of resources to...

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The Right to Vote, Part 4: The Civil Rights Era to the 2000s

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 4 The Civil Rights Era to the 2000s How has access to the vote expanded and contracted over the past sixty years? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components...

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The Right to Vote, Part 3: Women's Suffrage

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 3 Women's Suffrage What was the path to the Nineteenth Amendment? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition are available by clicking ...

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The Right to Vote, Part 2: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 2 Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era How did access to the vote evolve during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select...

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The Right to Vote, Part 1: The Early Republic through the Civil War

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 1 The Early Republic through the Civil War Who could vote in the founding and Jacksonian eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition...

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Immigration: An American Story

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Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era

Economics, Government and Civics

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...

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Ashley White-Stumpf

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...

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Jose Angel Garibay

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....

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Alan G. Rogers

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...

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Grace Murray Hopper

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

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,...

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Perry Watkins

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...

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Walter Schirra Jr.

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...

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John W. Rogers Sr.

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:...

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Annie Fox

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...

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Joe Morris Sr.

Joe Morris Sr. World War II Joe Morris Sr. was one of four hundred “code talkers” who memorized a code that substituted traditional Navajo words for military phrases. The contributions of the Navajo code talkers were classified until 1968. Image...

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Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama

Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama World War II Yeiichi Kuwayama served as a platoon medic in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese Americans. His unit fought in some of the fiercest World War II battles in Italy and France. Image Source:...

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James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe World War I James Reese Europe, a bandleader in New York City, was an advocate for uniquely Black music. Europe enlisted during World War I and became a lieutenant in the 369th Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Image...

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Ella Osborn

Ella Osborn World War I Ella Jane Osborn, a nurse deployed to France during World War I, is buried at Wainscott Cemetery in New York. She kept a remarkable diary in 1918 and 1919 that captured her experiences during the war. Image Source: Ella Jane...

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Louis Santop Loftin

Louis Santop Loftin World War I Louis Santop Loftin, Hall of Fame baseball player and WWI Veteran, is buried at the Philadelphia National Cemetery. Loftin played baseball in the Negro Leagues from 1909 to 1926 and was one of the league’s first star...

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Edward Day Cohota

Edward Day Cohota Civil War Edward Day Cohota served in the Union Army for thirty years and was one of approximately 300 Asians and Pacific Islanders who fought in the Civil War. Image Source: Photograph of Edward Day Cohota, ca. 1880-1890, Cape Ann...

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Pauline Cushman

Pauline Cushman Civil War Pauline Cushman served as a spy for the Union Army and is buried at San Francisco National Cemetery. She was an actress who used her skills to gather intelligence for the Union Army. Image Source: Mathew Brady Studio,...

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Federico Fernández Cavada

Federico Fernández Cavada Civil War Cuban-born Federico Fernández Cavada served in the Union Army during the Civil War as an engineer and topographer with the Balloon Corps, sketching Confederate forces from the air. Image Source: Mathew B. Brady,...

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Henry Knox

Henry Knox Revolutionary War Henry Knox rose through the ranks during the American Revolution to become chief of artillery in George Washington’s army. Image Source: Gilbert Stuart, Oil painting of Henry Knox, 1806, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston ...

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Cuffee Saunders

Cuffee Saunders Revolutionary War Born into slavery, Cuffee Saunders secured his freedom by serving during the Revolutionary War. Image Source: Benjamin Huntington, Oath certifying Cuffee Saunders's purchase of freedom, 1821, Gilder Lehrman...

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The American Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

The Right to Vote, Part 4: The Civil Rights Era to the 2000s

The Right to Vote, Part 3: Women's Suffrage

The Right to Vote, Part 2: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era

The Right to Vote, Part 1: The Early Republic through the Civil War

Immigration: An American Story

Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era

Ashley White-Stumpf

Jose Angel Garibay

Alan G. Rogers

Grace Murray Hopper

Perry Watkins

Walter Schirra Jr.

John W. Rogers Sr.

Annie Fox

Joe Morris Sr.

Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama

James Reese Europe

Ella Osborn

Louis Santop Loftin

Edward Day Cohota

Pauline Cushman

Federico Fernández Cavada

Henry Knox

Cuffee Saunders

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