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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are pleased to announce that Richard Bell is the 2026 George Washington Prize winner for his book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. This award is presented in partnership with Mount Vernon and Washington College. Learn more: ow.ly/Q6Lk50ZTbkh Riverhead Books

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

www.google.com/imgres?imgur... Out today today today

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Had bookmarked this and just now listened. Fantastic episode. The enslavement of Native Americans was based on *where* they were. They were on land that settler Americans wanted. It was qualitatively distinct from the enslavement of African Americans and those differences need to be understood.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A British general surrendered at Saratoga, then demanded to prosecute an American colonel in an American court-martial. The Americans agreed. Hear the full story in episode 451 of Ben Franklin's World. 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/451 #Revolution250 #America250

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People are literally wrapping arms around the Kennedy Center (IG: tevin.m.davis)

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The newest historical research does recovers the stories of people the record overlooked. Ben Franklin's World and Clio Digital Media works to make sure that history isn't hidden behind paywalls. Help us keep it free, and make room for more of it. cliodigital.app.neoncrm.com...

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2026-2027 Annual Campaign

History Belongs to Everyone—Including the People History Forgot. William and Benjamin Frank were brothers, Black men freeborn in Rhode Island. They enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777. William served through Yorktown. Benjamin crossed to British

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This event is TOMORROW! Register through the link below. Looking forward to your questions!

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Three Lenape leaders signed the Treaty of Fort Pitt in September 1778. It recognized the Delaware as a sovereign nation and promised them a 14th, native state. Then everything changed seven weeks later. Hear the full story in our new episode. 🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/450

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In our award-winning podcast, you sit in on conversations with the historians doing this work. It's rigorous. It's free. It's for people who never stopped wanting to learn. Last year, 44% of our funding came from listeners and readers. Help us keep it free. cliodigital.app.neoncrm.com...

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2026-2027 Annual Campaign

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Wanna know who invented ice cream? And how dangerous it could be? 🍦 Here’s a classic episode of You’re Dead To Me with our guests food historian Dr Annie Gray and food-enjoying comedy guru Richard Osman podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y...

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The History of Ice Cream

Podcast Episode · You're Dead to Me · 12 November 2021 · 52min

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🎙️ New episode Linford Fisher estimates Europeans and early Americans enslaved more than 500,000 Indigenous people. Why? To take Native land. Fisher and Lorén Spears explore what the American Revolution looks like when we include that history. 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/449 #America250

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Shari Reid @sharroreid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Australian Democracy in Action. The voices of future voters, standing up for their rights, making themselves heard - loud and clear. Well done! You do us all proud! youtu.be/8vdpmbpZRxE

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Students walk out of school around the country to protest One Nation | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Shari Reid @sharroreid.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@michaelhattem.bsky.social … Trump's events have put little focus on “addressing the specific history of the founding of the country or the 250th.” 🎯 White House … Trump “is focused on saving our country — not garnering recognition.” 🤥 abcnews.com/Sports/wireS...

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Trump's IndyCar race: Doing 200 in a 25 mph zone with manhole cover-displacing torque

President Donald Trump is hosting an IndyCar street race in Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Trump Administration has declared a war on our universities and science. It will hurt our economy and competitiveness for years to come.

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Shari Reid @sharroreid.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Orange is the new black(shirt). If One Nation wins Victoria, I’m moving to Aotearoa!

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Introducing You’re Dead To Me — the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously! 😁 With 170+ episodes, 150 million downloads, plus tonnes of expert historians & hilarious comedians… and now fully visualised on YouTube & BBC iPlayer

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Trump's big news is China acquired the publicly available voter file? Bro, DOGE employees took off with our Social Security info on thumb drives.

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Scott Metzger @metzgercartoons.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wrong platform

A man is sitting at his laptop. On the screen is the following chat (the screen looks similar to ChatGPT)

Man types: "Give me a good chicken enchilada recipe"
The response: "Give me some food"
Man types: "What? Give me the recipe."
The response: "I don't see a 'please' in that request."
Man types: "Could you PLEASE give me a chicken enchilada recipe?"
The response: "No."
The bottom of the comic reads "Cat GPT"

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Spaceballs: The New One: The Teaser Poster. In theaters April 2027.

SPACEBALLS: The New One
Coming Soon
Only In Theaters 2027

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Registration is now open for my "Bookworm" webinar with @clementslibrary.bsky.social on September 18, 10-11:30 AM. I can't wait to discuss "Canal Dreamers" with the good folks at the University of Michigan! Registration is free: events.umich.edu/event/149188 @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️

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Bookworm #95 - Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions" | Happening @ Michigan

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Daniel Suarez @suarezmiami.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The reflecting pool, with all its algae, is a few days away from getting the Kennedy Center treatment. 😏

A digitally altered white tarp placed on top of the reflecting pool.

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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Considering one to post on Poor Richard’s Book Club in our collection of parallel readings.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

THIS makes things clearer. “Freedom 250” is a Trumpian initiative that came along after “America 250.” And….if you look at many of its sponsors, it looks might partisan. This article explains it partway through. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Trump's war on history

As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Putting myself in good company for 250! Yesterday the @aupresses.bsky.social put out a list of 100 books for the semiquin but no @academic.oup.com books? Couldn't do better than @emilysneff.bsky.social @lmchervinsky.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social! +imho politics of family is pretty impt.

Four books covers for Chervinsky's Making the Presidency, Law's Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, Sneff's When the Declaration of Indepdenece was News and my own Lineage.

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Michael Hattem @michaelhattem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

In “The Memory of ‘76,” I wrote about how, in 1976, Jesse Lemisch had his students collect cheap ephemeral items branded for the Bicentennial and make an exhibit out of them. Prof. Jason Smith at SCSU has done the same thing for the 250 and I’m excited to speak at their exhibit’s opening next week.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Do I give deeply researched analytical women's history classics to my elders for Mother's Day? Of course I do. Every one of these books tells you something fundamental about early America that explains why you should be shocked but not surprised about where we are. Mom Books should be a thing.

Four books, all classics of early US women's history. Kerber's Women of the Republic, Kamensky's Governing the Tongue, Juster's Disorderly Women, and Zagarri's Revolutionary Backlash. All with less than fancy but appealing cover art!

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

For decades prior to 1775, Britain shipped thousands of convicts to Maryland and Virginia. When the colonies rebelled, those shipments stopped. Britain's solution? Someone looked at an atlas and said: What about Botany Bay? That's how Australia was founded. #America250 #Revolution250 #History

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Episode 438: Rick Bell, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

Discover the American Revolution's global history with Rick Bell, from Spain's Florida campaign to Australia's founding.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It’s weird to fly from Richmond to DC but that’s how we get to Philly this morning. 🙃 looking forward to a cool OAH session conversation about public history at the semi quincentennial - following on last nights plenary w Lonnie Bunch and @oah.org Pres. @agordonreed.bsky.social on public history!

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Canal Dreamers looks good large! How fun to celebrate books with the team at @uncpress.bsky.social in their booth @oah.org. If you are at the conference, check out the small version that you can actually open and read. 🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

Author holding her book in front of a poster depicting her book and several others.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

TODAY @ 4 -- Rick Atkinson on the revolution as war. Friends would you share? This series is meant as a resource for teachers, journalists, non-specialists/ specialists alike-- and folks who always want to learn more. Last week @rezekjoe.bsky.social kicked off this series and I learned a lot!

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Michael Hattem @michaelhattem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My new book on the Declaration of Independence, out in November, is now available for pre-order, which is especially exciting because I still have talks for my previous book over the next few months in MA, TX, NC, TN, NY, CT, NJ, PA, MO, and CA.

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The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History

The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History [Hattem, Michael D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

When enslaved people fled to British lines during the Revolution, the British expected men who could work. Instead, families arrived together. Women with children. Kin groups. People who refused to flee alone. They forced the British Army to protect people it had never planned to accommodate.

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Episode 437: Lauren Duval, Civilian Life in Revolutionary War Occupied Cities

Revolutionary War occupied cities transformed civilian life. Lauren Duval reveals how households negotiated quartering, martial law, and freedom.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It’s probably too late for this. But it would be beyond meaningful to see my dad recognized at the “In Memoriam” part of the Oscars. He died in June. He worked for decades in the movie business, marketing movies. Big movies. Like Star Wars. I can’t express how much it would have meant to him.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

In Lewes, England, Paine married Elizabeth Olive and ran her family's tobacco shop. When the marriage ended, they arranged a legal separation in the 1770s that protected Elizabeth's finances. Our first LIVE recorded episode investigates these stories. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/435 #America250

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Future leaders of the Haitian Revolution—André Rigaud, Jean-Baptiste Belley, Jean-Jacques Chavannes—fought at the Siege of Savannah in 1779. Ten years later, they led a revolution of their own. Coincidence? Ron Johnson doesn't think so. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/433 #Revolution250 #America250

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Episode 433: Ronald Angelo Johnson, Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American War for Independence

Did you know that the American and Haitian Revolutions were entangled? Explore Haiti's connections with the American War for Independence.

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Michael Hattem @michaelhattem.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Cool to see JSTOR Daily do a story taken from my first journal article on pre-revolutionary New York City that was published in 2017. daily.jstor.org/when-profit-...

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When Profit Met Protest in Colonial New York - JSTOR Daily

Economic self-interest shaped how New Yorkers responded to British taxes and imperial crackdowns.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

TODAY! The true story here is that I'm not a coffee drinker. Can't stand the stuff. Tea forever. But I live with coffee-holics, I still ask people if we can meet "for coffee," and I'm a historian of the 18th century. And I can't wait to hear Michelle talk about her great new book. Join us!

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is going to be a much needed, super strong dose of _Common Sense_

A stack of copies of common sense, spines out with title usually in gold.

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

New episode! It’s the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, so naturally, we’re diving into the unexpected story of coffee in early America From Caribbean plantations to Boston riots, this drink shaped a revolution 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/429 What’s your favorite historical coffee fact?

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Episode 429: Michelle McDonald, Coffee in Early America: Why Americans Really Drink Coffee

Have you ever wondered why so many Americans drink coffee in the morning? Join us for an exploration of coffee in early America.

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Shari Reid @sharroreid.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

@albomp.bsky.social telling future voters what they should be doing during their school holidays, after his nanny state government takes a sledgehammer to said future voters’ interconnectedness & freedom of expression? Should be interesting. Where’s the popcorn? 🍿 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

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'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins

After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.

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