CNU Public History Center

10/29/2022

Check out CNU History major Anna Lynn Thornsberry's exhibit, "Inside the Balloon: A Snapshot of the Lee Hall Balloon School at Camp Eustis," featuring a WWI photo collection from the Virginia War Museum. Thank you to our partners, and please share!

EXHIBITS Inside the Balloon: A Snapshot of Lee Hall Balloon School at Camp Eustis During World War I Oct 2022 | Military history, Modern U.S. HistoryWorld War I, known as the Great War—the war to end all wars—was an unprecedented international conflict. The United States entered the war in 1917,...

11/24/2021

We are incredibly thankful to CNU history alumnus, J. Michael Moore, curator of Lee Hall, for assisting history major Anna Lynn Thornsberry with her service learning project. She is exploring the history of the balloon school at Lee Hall during WWI and the beginnings of Ft. Eustis based on a new photo collection at the Virginia War Museum. Captains helping captains!

11/16/2021

We are incredibly grateful to CNU history alumnus, Chief Ranger Josh Mazzatenta ('16), for mentoring history major Mazie Clark ('22), who will be interning at Machicomoco State Park. What an amazing park with rich Indigenous history! Check it out!

11/11/2021

Check this out! Organized by Rachel Popp, CNU History Alumna, featuring John Ericson

Live Zoom Lecture by John Ericson, St. Luke’s Outreach Coordinator & Museum Interpreter Saturday, November 13 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $10 The idea of race is an invention of the 17th century. This lecture explores the origins of the concept of race and how the church was complicit in the racist stru...

03/18/2021

Check out this amazing blog by Kate Gruber, JYF Curator of Special Exhibits! Fascinating read!

Sarah Osborn Benjamin is featured in an "I Was There" exhibit at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

02/20/2021

Check this out! Looks amazing!

Through March 25, 2022

02/16/2021

On March 2, at 6:30 p.m. EST, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci will become the seventh recipient of the National Museum of American History Great Americans Medal for his extraordinary leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and lifetime devotion to the treatment and eradication of infectious diseases.

The virtual program will feature an interview with Fauci by Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein. Learn more about the medal—the museum’s signature honor—and register to join us for the occasion here: http://s.si.edu/GA-Fauci.

The Great Americans Award Program is supported by David M. Rubenstein, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents. The medal is made possible by Museum board member Jeff Garrett.

02/15/2021

Check out this awesome video by Jack Ronayne, (CNU History Alumnus), who is the AmeriCorps Assistant Volunteer Coordinator at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C. Thank you, Jack, for your meaningful contributions to public history!

06/19/2020

Check this out, from Dr. Vanessa Holden!

Today, Juneteenth — which celebrates the abolition of slavery — coincides with protests across the U.S. against racial injustice. Society has become inspired to renew their interest in African American history — a legacy filled with tragedy, inequality, resilience and survival. In a Q&A se...

06/10/2020

"These past few weeks have reflected the complicated, paradoxical racial history of the United States in violent, vivid, and painful ways..."
- Excerpt from statement by Anthea M. Hartig, the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the National Museum of American History.

To read the full statement: https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/slavery-shadow-george-floyd-and-american-legacies

05/26/2020

Check this out! Sunken warships of the American Revolution!

National Geographic's "Drain The Oceans", the Yorktown episode will air on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 9 p.m.

https://www.visityorktown.org/499/Yorktown-Shipwreck?fbclid=IwAR0yO2sXFO13Kmayq2WcjWMHxAVlYkZEkAPwht7OSdwosxtGhlCs0DehlZk

05/25/2020

Remember our heroes...

In November 2019, Private First Class Francis X. McGraw’s Medal of Honor will go on display in our Price of Freedom exhibition. This is his story.