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Join MUSEUMS AND CHANGE next Th, 7/9, at 12:30pm EDT for a session with Sharon Ann Holt, PhD, on how Administration efforts to revise history at NPS sites is stimulating public interest in history

  • 1.  Join MUSEUMS AND CHANGE next Th, 7/9, at 12:30pm EDT for a session with Sharon Ann Holt, PhD, on how Administration efforts to revise history at NPS sites is stimulating public interest in history

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    Silver Lining: How Federal Attacks Are Reviving Popular Interest in History

    While Philadelphia has been deeply concerned with the removal of interpretive signage from the President's House, similar vandalism is happening around the country to sites related to Native, African American, gender, immigrant, and Japanese history, as well as signs referring to climate change. Resistance is heavy though, varying from legal filings to political websites to satire. We'll explore the meanings and prospects of this struggle between the government and the populace. 

    Raised in and around the Great Lakes, Dr Sharon Holt earned her Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. She divided her career between academic teaching and public history, retiring from Penn State Abington in 2023. Author of Making Freedom Pay: North Carolina Freedpeople Working for Themselves, Holt was part of an activist push to assure interpretation of slavery at the President's House, and works now with the coalition to defend the site. 

    Avi Decter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: MUSEUMS AND CHANGE
    Time: Jul 9, 2026 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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