CNU Public History Center

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 | Explore History 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,...

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!

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!

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

The Church and the Creation of Race (Live Zoom Lecture) - St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum 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...

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

Sarah Osborn Benjamin: Coming Face to Face With a Woman of the Revolution - History Is Fun Sarah Osborn Benjamin is featured in an "I Was There" exhibit at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

Check this out! Looks amazing!

FOCUSED Through March 25, 2022

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.

Check this out, from Dr. Vanessa Holden!

Juneteenth Explained: ‘History Doesn’t Repeat Itself; People Do’ 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...

"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

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

Remember our heroes...

The quiet hero from Camden: Francis X. McGraw 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.