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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The only place to celebrate an Edwin Booth-related book deal.

Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Get ready for more Edwin coming...soon! I recently signed an advance contract with the University of Virginia Press for my manuscript, "We Hate the Name Booth: Edwin Booth and the Art of Atonement." There is still more research to be done and another round of peer review, but I'm EXCITED!

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm so excited to share that I will be sharing my ongoing research on Edwin Booth as part of Ford's Theatre's 2026-2027 Public Program Season, and alongside some SUPERSTARS of the field! @civilwarmemory.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been (slowly) making my way through The Only Plane in the Sky and it inspired me to write down my experiences of that day and how it impacted the rest of my life, something I've never done before.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was a very productive Edwin Booth summer. This fall will mark thirteen (!!!) years since the first time I sat down in a reading room to read his letters. Looking forward to sharing more about where this project is going soon.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Good God, how I loved her. So glamorous, so sparkly, so clever, so kind. I still want to be here when I grow up. I will always love you, Miss Dolly. 💖✨

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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Calling all nonfiction history reviewers! Write for us at @draftingthepast.bsky.social! cc: @katecarp.bsky.social

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A brief gender historian rant-- Journalists & pundits widely agree that the woman constantly at the president's side & with access to his social media clearly has enormous political influence & power. /1 🗃️

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Always fun to pull a research letter that was originally mailed just a few blocks from where you're sitting.

Archival letter envelope sitting in a folder. The envelope says:
Edward V Valentine
809 Leigh St
Richmond, VA

Written in blue (not original writing) is: Ned Booth

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Historian/research friends: The AdobeScan app has become almost unusable with the AI "upgrades." I frequently have to retake images when information is cut off (even when auto detect is turned off!), it lags, and you can't email PDFs. What is your favorite app for archive/reading room visits?

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sunday scaries hit harder after three perfect days on top of a mountain in the Blue Ridge.

Evening view of the Blue Ridge Mountains with lush green trees a blue sky

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

As I'm in the midst of making my own database for my research, please share your own database tips and tricks. Where do you store it? What does it help to organize? How do you use it?

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Finally got my act together and joined @shgape.bsky.social today!

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Trying to distract myself while waiting for ~~~news and I've read five books since Sunday. My favorite was Kindred by Octavia Butler. WOW. I had to keep reminding myself it was written almost fifty years ago: it felt so modern.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Spent the morning of the 250th with this guy.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I had a great time in Richmond presenting at my first @scwhistorians.bsky.social conference! It was great to connect with old and new friends and get valuable feedback on my current research. Sad to be missing the amazing panels today but for good reason: opening our new exhibit at Woodlawn today!

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

If you're in the Baltimore area and want to hear me share some of my research on Edwin Booth, I'll be speaking at Tudor Hall in Bel Air on Sunday, June 14 at 2pm. spiritsoftudorhall.blogspot.com/2025/12/make...

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is a great opportunity to recognize that Arlington House was never legally Lee's, but instead inherited by his daughter. Part of the land was inherited by Maria Syphax, Custis' Black daughter. There has been a massive push by Syphax and Lee descendants to remove Lee's name from the site. 1/2

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Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In a little over a week, I went from thinking we had found two new photographs of an elusive Booth sibling 🙌 to concluding we actually were actually back down to just one 😞. Meet the non-brother who eerily resembled Edwin Booth: lincolnconspirators.com/2026/05/20/j... @elizamreese.bsky.social

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Joseph Booth’s Photographic Doppelgänger

The Booth family of Harford County, Maryland, is best known for its fame and infamy. The infamous John Wilkes has gone down in history for assassinating Abraham Lincoln, with his crime sadly oversh…

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Editing/revising my book proposal in current times feels like this:

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Wild and crazy Friday night over here

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 18/04/2026

Wonderful afternoon talking about my book at Woodlawn historic site! Great to present in the room I first sat in 3 years ago to talk to staff about the project. Thanks to @elizamreese.bsky.social for inviting me! They’re doing awesome work there, really exciting to see it all come together.

Photo of me in a blue shirt presenting to a seated group. Images of defaced Washington statues from 2020 are on the screen.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yesterday I wrote 1,000 words for a project I had tabled for over two years and today I got my first big journal byline! (Thank you @sarageorgini.bsky.social and the NEQ team!) I feel the fog of the past few months/coming out of grad school lifting!

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 29/03/2026

Just over a week until publication day and the book tour in support of THY WILL BE DONE is up over 15 dates! Come see me this spring/summer or invite me to come speak near you!

List of book tour dates in support of my book, Thy Will Be Done. Visit johngmarks.com for full details.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This morning I spoke about Lafayette's impact on the semicentennial at the US Capitol and this afternoon I got some research and writing done in the most beautiful library in the world, where multiple people asked if I was a lawyer.

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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The museums/history field is notoriously difficult to break into. As we work to make our historic site more accessible, can you share the below job posting to widen the reach? I know there are candidates perfect for this position just out of my digital reach and I need your help!

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

NOVA/DC AREA HISTORY FRIENDS Do you have students, friends, colleagues et al. who are bilingual/ASL proficient? I am looking for those with these skills & an interest in American History to become interpreters at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, a site of @savingplaces.bsky.social

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 13/02/2026

Woodlawn, on the grounds of George Washington's Mount Vernon, is one of a number of historic home museums in the U.S. that share an expanded history of the enslaved Black people who lived and worked on their grounds. Read more from our Weekend Read: bit.ly/4txXrqL

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

There is a lot of despair out there. But I find so much hope and inspiration in my work and it was an honor to share it with @splcenter.org Visit your local historic site. Get involved. Be inspired. We cannot do this without community.

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

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NFL Daily News @insidenflnews.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Our historic house museum is closed due to the freeze, but we managed some visitors this afternoon

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It's a wonderful time of the year where every doctor I've ever visited emails me to say they will be closed tomorrow due to the snowstorm.

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Rudy Fraser @rude1.blacksky.team · 20/01/2026

Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is educate normal people on complex subjects in ways that are engaging and digestible.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What a day to get an ARC of @johngmarks.com amazing book in the mail. Looking forward to hosting him at Woodlawn later this spring. Originally part of Mount Vernon, Woodlawn has been inextricably entwined in the legacy of Washington and slavery.

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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so. How far we have not come in 250 years.

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Holley Snaith @holleysnaith.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Theatre has always given people space to reflect on emotion and history. As @elizamreese.bsky.social says, it’s one of our most important art forms. Listen as we explore Edwin Booth’s legacy—and what the theatre meant to him—on Say It With History. redcircle.com/shows/6092bd...

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I have voted in every single election I was eligible for since the day I turned 18 and today, for a firestorm primary, was the first time I've ever had to stand in line.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I don't often find myself thinking about John Wilkes Booth's feelings, but I do occasionally find myself wondering what he (a Know-Nothing supporter) would say if he knew that the most engaging and enriching portrayal of him in the 21st century was done by a West Belfast Catholic actor.

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 11/01/2026

Hi, I’m John Marks, I’m a public historian and writer. I’ve been helping history museums prepare for the nation’s 250th anniversary for 9 years now. Despite everything else happening in history, I’m still excited about this anniversary—and you should be too. Here’s why. 🧵 /1

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I had such a wonderful time talking to Holley about Edwin Booth, grief, and celebrity!

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Working on a book proposal while the world falls apart feels an awful lot like this:

Mr Krabs from SpongeBob in a still image sitting at a table with frantic eyes and horrified expression. A blur effect has been added to the image, which enhances the chaotic disorientation of the image.

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Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Watch out Swifties - Lafayette was first. Check out @elizamreese.bsky.social on 2 Complicated 4 History! (2c4hpod.com)

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America's FIRST Influencer! #shorts

YouTube video by Primary Source Media

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The slow, methodical work of archival research is often seen as an "aesthetic" but it is often the most time consuming and mental-labor intensive. Here I reflect on this work, my recently completed graduate degree, and more. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I cannot stress how good this book is. Every moment I'm not reading it, I'm thinking about it. It's so much more than the Shakespeare authorship question, though that's a major part, obviously. Favorite read of the year. "Shakespeare Was a Woman and other Heresies" by Elizabeth Winkler

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This is absolutely awful news. Bill was a brilliant, passionate leader; he was everything good about this work and a beacon during a dark time. "Sculpting History" is perhaps the most profound exhibit I've ever seen. I am honored to have known him and I will miss him.

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Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Christmas Eve is my favorite night to reflect on traditions and ancestors. Lighting my bayberry candle by the light of our Christmas tree, in front of a portrait of my great-great-great-great grandfather.

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