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This article originally appeared in a Monumental Women newsletter. MONUMENTAL WOMEN TO UNVEIL A VIRTUAL FIVE-BOROUGH NYC WOMEN'S RIGHTS HISTORY TRAIL Monumental Women is excited to unveil its new virtual Five-Borough New York City Women’s Ri...

This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $28.4 million in grants for 239 humanities projects across the country. These grants...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation has officially started accepting online applications for Legends & Lore marker grants beginning Monday, Aug. 16, through M...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. Museums and related organizations across the United States have six opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants from the nation’s primary source of federal funding for museum serv...

This article originally appeared on the New York Landmarks Conservancy website.  Participate in the Landmarks Conservancy’s annual Sacred Sites Open House Photo Contest on Facebook! Submit photo(s) of your favorite sacred site (church, ...

This article originally appeared in a Bethlehem Historical Association Museum press release. The Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum, home of the Bethlehem Historical Association, is open Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 PM.  Come explore the exhib...

This article originally appeared on the Sharon Historical Society website. If you would like to watch a playback of the Sharon Historical Society webinar, "Civil War Diary of Lieutenant William Hill - Signal Corp." (or any of the...

This article originally appeared in a New York Genealogical and Biographical Society newsletter. Author Russell Shorto will launch the 2021 New York State Family History Conference with a keynote address, “The Truth about Family Histo...

This article originally appeared in a Rome Historical Society press release. Rome Historical Society (RHS) is putting a call out to community members willing to share their memories of Griffiss in a video interview. RHS staff will invite the fi...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced grant awards totaling $29,545,363 for museums across the nation to improve services to their communities. Through the agency’s large...

This article originally appeared on the Saratoga County History Round Table website. Starks Desivigna Dake was born May 9,1852. He died on November 10, 1937, at the family homestead in Middle Grove after a long illness. As stated in the Saratog...

     Afro-Americans in New York Life and History welcomes the submission of original research examining all aspects of Black life in New York State for an upcoming issue of the journal.  We seek to engage a variety of issues ad...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. America250, the nationwide commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 led by the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, announced an agreement with IMLS and more than 20 agencies...

This article originally appeared in a Parks & Trails New York newsletter. Parks & Trails New York has awarded grants totaling $900,000 to 30 non-profit "friends" organizations that steward and champion NYS parks, trails, historic sites,...

This article originally appeared on the Historical Society of Rockland County website. Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 9:30 am, right after the St...

This informaiton originally appeared on the New York Almanack website. Founded by John Warren in 2008 as The New York History Blog, the New York Almanack is updated several times per day. In addition to our traditional fo...

This article originally appeared on the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History website. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to announce the 2021 State History Teachers of the Year. This year's winners were drawn from our most competitiv...

This article originally appeared on the New-York Historical Society website. The New-York Historical Society presents Aristotle: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, an exhibition showcasing more than 30 rare books and manuscripts—many on pub...

This article originally appeared on the DHPSNY website. In the past year and a half, as everyone abruptly shifted to experiencing the world through screens, I noticed a sudden uptick in requests for advice on large-scale digitization initiative...

This article originally appeared in a Chenango County Historical Society newsletter. The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) is seeking community feedback in order to develop activities and programs that are relevant and interesting to br...