National History AcademyNational History AcademyIf you managed to catch Phyllis Randall on one of her many volunteering runs at the local community centre or jail, you might have assumed that she’s just an ordinary, […]
Read MoreCampus Life National History Academy is located on the secluded campus of Foxcroft School located in Middleburg, Virginia. Class sizes are small, with an average of 13 students per classroom, with […]
Read MoreU.S. Military combat veteran and acclaimed painter Joshua Osburg is the new Artist-in-Residence at Gettysburg National Military Park beginning in mid-January. Gettysburg National Military Park, in partnership with the National […]
The Mountaintop Project is a multi-year effort to restore Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello as Jefferson knew it, and to tell the stories of the people—enslaved and free—who lived and worked on […]
On June 5, 2017, James Madison’s Montpelier opened The Mere Distinction of Colour, a groundbreaking exhibition on slavery. The culmination of nearly two decades of historical and archaeological research, this […]
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership (JTHG) has announced the creation of the National History Academy, a 5-week summer residential camp where high school students will have the opportunity to learn by experiencing American history in the places where it happened.
The National History Academy promises to be a life-changing experience for the high school students who participate. Our goal and expectation is that for the rest of their lives, participants […]
The National History Academy is an important initiative to address the current crisis in teaching and learning about American history. A recent report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress […]