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Introduction: Revisiting Concord and Lexington | Spring 2025
This special issue looks at the dramatic and momentous events that occurred 250 years ago this month. Read >>
Drama at the Old North Bridge | Spring 2025
“Now the war has begun and no one knows when it will end,” said one minuteman after the fight. Read >>
DOGE's War on History |
Eliminating Federal grants for thousands of programs relating to history and the humanities will have profound consequences Read >>
A Celebration of Our Heritage |
Friends of American Heritage gathered to celebrate 75 years of great writing and education about our nation's history.

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