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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

**BANNED** One of the most important young adult novel's ever -- SPEAK by @halseanderson.bsky.social -- is banned in Iowa. Last month, Laurie posted on social about what’s been happening. Please take a moment to learn about this. Books save lives. theauthorvillage.substack.com/p/banned-spe...

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BANNED: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

An Update on What’s Currently Happening in Iowa

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 31/08/2026

In the absence of state and federal oversight, local school officials often are the final arbiters of sexual assault and gender-based discrimination on campus. This story was done in collaboration with @searchlightnm.bsky.social (CW: This piece references incidents of sexual assault.)

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A middle schooler said she was raped. Then she was suspended from classes.

After a 13-year-old reported sexual assault, she was left to navigate a system where limited state and federal oversight leave school districts to decide how allegations are handled.

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

More than a century before the #19thAmendment, ratified #onthisday in 1920, women were voting in New Jersey. Our online exhibit When Women Lost the Vote explores the little-told history of the nation’s first women voters from 1776-1807. Explore online: bit.ly/2UaqeWO

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#OnThisDay in 1776, 250 years ago today, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. The first copy with the signers' names was printed in January 1777 by a woman named Mary Katharine Goddard. See her broadside on view at the Museum: bit.ly/3MYjbIm

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Visiting Philadelphia? Take a deep dive into the city's Revolutionary history with a guide from @themanualguide.bsky.social, including a stop to the Museum to explore our special exhibition "The Declaration's Journey" and core galleries. Read more: bit.ly/4yy8CCs

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These 8 Philadelphia historic activities reveal the America most tourists miss

Explore Philadelphia history in lesser-known gardens, churches, and estates that have stood as long as the country itself.

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MissShelved, MLIS @missshelved.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I didn’t know anything about this event until I read a middle-grade historical fiction book ‘Rebellion 1776’ by @halseanderson.bsky.social last year. The Boston inoculation is a major plot point! If you have younger readers in your life I highly recommend

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

15 JUNE 1776, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS: Abigail Adams is one of a party of local women given a tour of the warship Defence, a brig from Connecticut: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Join us #Juneteenth weekend for musical performances, costumed historical interpretation, in-gallery talks in our core galleries and special exhibition, discovery carts, and more to explore the continuing struggle for equality for all. June 19-21: bit.ly/4v7MhJT

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Enjoy the longer summer days with extended hours at the Museum! ☀️ Starting Saturday, June 13, the Museum will be open every day with more time to explore the galleries from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Plan your summer visit: bit.ly/3acQM11

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A Revolutionary Summer

From Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day, the Museum of the American Revolution's special events and exhibits offer visitors of all ages the opportunity to explore the American Revolution and its ongoin...

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

10 JUNE 1776, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: With the army regrouped and reinforced from fleeing Boston, the British fleet departs for the invasion of New York.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 04/06/2026

Very sad to learn of the passing of Marjame Satrapi, author of Persepolis, a uniquely timely book right now, and a valued member of the Velshi Banned Book Clubhttps://www.ms.now/ali-velshi/persepolis-banned-book-club-rcna102367

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'Persepolis' offers a glimpse of growing up amid a revolution

The graphic novel is also a love letter to Iranian culture.

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Andrew Wehrman @profwehrman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“It’s difficult to apply history to modern day; most scenarios are deeply nuanced, with too many extraneous factors to allow for a fair equivalence. Even so, Boston’s early public health system relied on an essential ingredient lacking today: trust.”

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

30 MAY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “The Die is cast. We must all be Soldiers, and fight pro Aris et Focis”: John Adams writes to Samuel Cooper that Congress is preparing to raise seventy thousand additional troops to serve in New York, New England & Canada.

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Hale is one of the thousands of Continental personnel from New England who have flooded into western Long Island to prepare the defenses for the expected redcoat invasion in the coming summer.

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

30 MAY 1776, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: Lieutenant Nathan Hale is disgusted by the Toryism he finds on Long Island: “It would grieve every good man to consider what unnatural monsters we have as it were in our bowels,” he writes to his brother Enoch.

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

20 MAY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: Georgia joins the Continental Congress, bringing the number of colonies represented to thirteen. Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett present their credentials and are accepted into the Congress.

Button Gwinnett; painting thought to be by Jeremiah Theus

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New Episode of @bfworld.bsky.social! During the American Revolution, the British promised freedom to enslaved men & women who joined their lines. For David George, born into bondage in Virginia, it was an opening. But freedom across British lines was only 1 escape. 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/441

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🗳️ The Cross Keys Café will be closed today, May 19, as it serves as a polling location for #ElectionDay. The Museum will be open normal hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Find your polling place and more voter resources: pa.gov/vote

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Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Thomas Jefferson made sure his daughters and at least some of the people he enslaved were inoculated against smallpox, just like he was. Martha Washington, the Adams family and many, many more of the founding families understood and embraced inoculation.

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

These two panels have spoken directly to me the most.I am grateful for being seen as are so many others. Books like these need to be in our classrooms. My wife& I also wrote the educator guide for @halseanderson.bsky.social Speak graphic novel adaptation static.macmillan.com/static/macmi...

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Historian here Happy Mothers Day thanks to the abolitionist feminist Julia Ward Howe and dedicated this year to the memory of Renee Good.

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

7 MAY 1776, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS: A Goverment of more Stability is much wanted in this colony, and they are ready to receive it from the Hands of the Congress”: In a letter to John Adams, Abigail Adams adds to the calls for independence: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 08/05/2026

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

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Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment of the Humanities Funding In Historic Case - AHA

Statements From American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2026 - This afternoon US District J...

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

What I want for Mother's Day (US is May 10) is always more #womenshistory for everyone. Forget Dad Books, let's get serious about Mom Books.

Four books, The Mother of Washington by Kate Haulman, Eliza Harriot and George Washington by Mary Sarah Bilder, Charity and Sylvia by Rachel Hope Cleves, and The Sewing Girl's Tale by John Wood Sweet. All with white women of the 18th-19th century depicted on the covers.

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

#OnThisDay in 1759, political philosopher and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest publications to champion women’s rights, Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London. Read about "Wollstonecraftian" voters in Revolutionary America: bit.ly/3JUSh5V

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Mary Wollstonecraft and Women Voters in America

In 1792, English writer and political philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Her writing has continued to influence American readers – especially women – for g...

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

27 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “I think with you, that it requires a Faith which can remove Mountains to believe that Liberty & Safety, can ever hereafter be enjoyed by America, in any Subjection to the Government of Great Britain,” John Adams tells Horatio Gates: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

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National Council for History Education @historyed.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Tavern tabs, laundry bills, flour receipts: how historians rebuild Revolutionary-era Philadelphia from the documents most people throw away. With Dr. Catherine Person, American Philosophical Society. Free classroom resources included. Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM ET. Register: buff.ly/Wk0mui4

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 20/04/2026

We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.

We are looking at a painting of St Liphardus - a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. He is wearing bishops clothing including a surplus and mitre and is holding a crook. On a lead is a small knee high green and blue dragon.

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National Council for History Education @historyed.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

LINKS educators gathered at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum in Wichita on 3/7 for a Saturday Seminar on Life in Colonial America with Dr. Holly White (William & Mary) and Spotlight Educators Tahra Nayelli & Jasmine Medina. "The best PD of my 30+ years of teaching." —Kansas teacher buff.ly/61wfcub

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

8 APRIL 1776, TROIS-RIVIÈRES, CANADA: Having seen the effect of smallpox this winter on the army that invaded Canada, Captain William Goforth (not knowing the Siege of Boston has ended) urges the Continental Congress to have all New England inoculated: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ja...

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Founders Online: William Goforth to John Jay, 8 April 1776

William Goforth to John Jay, 8 April 1776

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We're feeling moon joy watching #ArtemisII 🌕 #DYK Our exact replica of General George Washington's Headquarters Flag went to space with astronaut John Glenn aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998! Learn more: bit.ly/3ubD4RK

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Astronaut John Glenn’s Revolutionary War Flag

Astronaut John Glenn carried this reproduction of General George Washington’s Headquarters Flag into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 05/04/2026

Toot! Happy Easter everyone! Toot!

We are looking at a medieval manuscript showing a rabbit playing a trumpet.

Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica, England ca. 1283-1300 (British Library, Royal 3 D VI, fol. 234r)

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

4 APRIL 1776, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: George & Martha Washington depart for New York, expected to be the site of the next British attack. They will take different routes: Martha will take “the upper, or Common Post Road” through Hartford while George travels via Providence.

George Washington, painted in 1776 by Charles Willson Peale

Martha Washington, painted posthumously ca. 1851 by Rembrandt Peale

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

3 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “Great Things were done,” John Adams will later write of this day, on which Congress finalizes its instructions to all sea captains sending letters of marque and orders blank privateering commissions, signed by John Hancock, sent to each colony.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Publication Day! Very excited!

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Revolutionary War 250 @revwar250.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

3 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “Is not America already independent? Why then not declare it?” Samuel Adams asks Samuel Cooper. “Because say some, it will forever shut the Door of Reconciliation. Upon what Terms will Britain be reconciled with America?”

Samuel Adams, painted by John Singleton Copley

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