From the foreword of A Woman Doctor's Civil War, Esther Hill Hawks' Diary
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death---this is heroism.
Robert Green Ingersoll, Speech in New York, May 28, 1882
Congratulations to all of the graduating History Hokies!!
We want to share a special thank you to graduating M.A. students Madison Smith and Sterling Bryant for their work on our Traveling Trunk program, bringing history to life for local students. Congratulations!
Today in 1860, Lincoln poses for this image taken by William Marsh in Springfield, IL. It's the first known photo taken of the Republican candidate for President. Image courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
I have a big week ahead, full of COMBEE events!
Princeton University (April 27)
Founding Forward (April 28)
The University Club of New York (April 29)
Hope to see you there!
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The Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame is hiring a Director of Undergraduate Studies. Candidates should have a strong background in the humanities and teaching in a great books/core texts. The deadline is 27 March.
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This #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor Winter Park's Mary Lee DePugh. In 1937, she founded the Ideal Woman’s Club in Hannibal Square, helping raise funds for medical care for Black residents. She inspired the Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home, which served families for nearly 70 years.
Interactive Digital St. Augustine, or iDigStAug, is a new online database dedicated exclusively to the archaeology of colonial household sites in St. Augustine, including historical summaries and archaeological reports of each site.
Story + link: https://t.co/eHnAV5KbV1
On Harriet Tubman Day, we honor not only her courage but her tactical genius. Her leadership during the Combahee River Raid changed the course of history.
Lincoln read from this copy of his second inaugural address #OnThisDay in 1865. It’s on exhibit at @librarycongress (or at least it was as of three weeks ago).
"Too young and too attractive." That's what teacher and physician Esther Hill Hawks was told when she volunteered to be a nurse for the army. Learn about her life-saving work within South Carolina's Lowcountry on today's edition of "SC from A-Z." https://t.co/V1xRH0A9zd
On February 23, 1915, Congressman Robert Smalls passed away at his home on Prince Street in Beaufort - a house in which he was born enslaved, and died free after buying the property during Reconstruction. He now rests just a few blocks away in Tabernacle Baptist Church cemetery.