America 250

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America 250 is a Comma, Not an Exclamation Point

Jessica Ellison on teaching the 250th as an ongoing story, not a single date.

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  • Webinar

    October 29, 2025

    Teaching the 250th: Resources for Meaningful Commemoration

  • History Habit of Mind Resource

    A Printer’s Role in the American Revolution: Mary Katherine and the Declaration of Independence

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    King Philip’s War: A Turning Point in Indigenous US Colonial History

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    Echoes of 1776: A More Perfect Union? Reexamining the Declaration at 250

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    Pleading for Justice: Mum Bett (Elizabeth Freeman) and Massachusetts’ First Freedom Suit

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    Bacon’s Rebellion: Race, Land, and Rebellion in the Colonial South

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  • Webinar

    August 28, 2025

    British Perspectives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord using Primary Sources

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    Indigenous Resistance in the Wake of Empire: Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763

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  • Resources from Outside Organizations

    Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
    Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello