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Mari Mullane is working as archival intern for the William Hubbard Collection. She loves this project because of the opportunity to create a finding aid for a new collection that will be useful for researchers of American history from the mid 19th through the late 20th centuries.

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Join us Thursday Nov. 21 for an exciting and enlightening lecture!!

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Grandin’s talk will explore the meaning of the expansionist imperative throughout the full sweep of U.S. history—from the American Revolution to the War of 1898, the New Deal to the election of 2016. See you there!
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Join us NOVEMBER 21! Award winning author Greg Grandin will be speaking at Washington College as part of the Starr Center’s “Crossing Cultures Series.” Grandin will discuss his new book, “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.”

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Spotlight! Caroline Draper wanted to work at the Starr Center because it was a great opportunity to use her skills in the real world. She interns on the National Homefront Project! Caroline loves sitting down with people who lived through WWII and listening to their experiences!

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Spotlight! Braxton Berry is a new student intern with the Chesapeake Heartland Project. Braxton enjoys bringing African American history to light. He not only wants to highlight the past struggles of African Americans but also their collective victories and triumphs.

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Katy Shenk is on the National Homefront working on the new education project. The project was inspired by Katy’s Explore America internship at @Gilder_Lehrman in NYC.
Her time there prompted ideas about how to best utilize our collection of oral histories to educate students!

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Merges music, poetry+memoir to convey war wounds don’t stop at the soldier but also found in communities+families. Catch a collaboration of creative writers, journalists, musicians+veterans as they engage audiences on national tour. The event is free with a reception at the end!

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Join us on November 6th at 7:30 pm in Hotchkiss Recital Hall in the Gibson Center for the Arts! National Public Radio war correspondents Neal Conan and Anne Garrels join the superb chamber group Ensemble Galilei to explore honor, courage, loss, and hope in “Between War and Here.”

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Since our students are awesome, we'll do our spotlights twice a week! Ana Reynoso is a double-major in sociology and Hispanic studies with psychology minor. She's currently interning with the Local Management Board of Kent County working on various community outreach projects.

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Mark your calendars for NOVEMBER 21st! Award winning author Greg Grandin will speak at Washington College as part of the Starr Center’s “Crossing Cultures Series.” He will discuss his new book, “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.”

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Intern spotlight: Elizabeth Cassibry is well acquainted with all the secrets and stories of the Custom House after serving as a tour guide for 3 years! Elizabeth recently joined the Chesapeake Heartland Project to help unearth more about African American history in the region.

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Dr. Wilson discussed the history of African Americans in Kent County+@washcoll. Artist Jason Patterson, 2019 Frederick Douglas Fellow, creates historical account of African American life in Chestertown and Kent County. He presented art for display in the Custom House Hubbard Room

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Continuing the mission to “inspire thoughtful conversations informed by history”, students gathered to talk about diversity and African American history in Kent County. The dinner included members of the Black Student Union, Chesapeake Heartland interns and Quill+Compass scholars

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Intern Spotlight: #ChesapeakeHeartland team met to develop ideas on the preservation of African American history+culture in the region. Students discussed how their research can provide a more inclusive historical narrative of Kent County. #BlackHistory #WashingtonCollege

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Intern Spotlight: Paris Mercier works to develop an oral history of the African American experience in Kent County through the Chesapeake Heartland Project. Paris would go back to the Black Power Movement to join the ranks of women who challenged gender inequity in the movement.

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Join us! Ezra Greenspan, the 2019-2020 Patrick Henry Writing Fellow, will talk about his half-century career as a student, writer, and professor. He will also discuss his new book project Frederick Douglass’ People: A Family Biography on October 15th!

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This week's Intern Spotlight: Jamie Morris ’21 is a double-major in history and business management. Joining the Starr Center in the fall of 2018, Jamie began as a researcher for an exhibit on the Port of Chestertown. Currently, she serves on the Multi-Media Production Team!

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Secretary Bunch gives a fitting tribute to this successful community-campus collaboration — one that still reverberates today with Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project. Our @washcoll students and @SumnerHall21620 friends continue to make history together!

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@MuseumOnMainSt @MDhumanities During the time I spent with Chestertown students, teachers, museums staff, and community members, it struck me that the dynamic work they were doing was the most important thing a community can do: remember. By remembering, we honor the past and help shape the future.

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HAPPY DECISION DAY!! Let us know why YOU chose WC. Gus can’t wait to welcome our amazing class of 2022 to campus in August (or during summer advising!). Enroll now: https://t.co/egwrN2zwJR #wacluv #wac2022