A landmark in the history of tennis springs back to life in Virginia
Two years ago a post on this blog drew the relationship between two US landmarks in the history of tennis - the International Tennis...
UPDATE: Villa Lewaro may become training center - tribute to Madam C.J. Walker
Gilded Age, Madam C.J. Walker, Villa Lewaro, historic architecture, historic cities, Richelieu Dennis, Sundial Brands, self-made millionair
College of William & Mary seeks memorial for enslaved black Americans
"Part of the school's ongoing efforts to address its historical reliance on slavery" Public and private institutions across the United...
Villa Lewaro – Gilded Age home for African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker 100 years ago
Home of the first female and first black female self-made millionaire in the United States Villa Lewaro stands in Irvington, New York as...
Civil Rights heritage—seeking landmark status for Emmett Till’s boyhood home
"The African-American teen’s brutal 1955 death helped galvanize America’s Civil Rights Movement" Current efforts in Chicago to protect...
“Telling the Full History”—new action fund to preserve African American heritage sites
A $25 million “action fund” that will be used to “address critical funding gaps for the preservation of African American historical...
Trading spaces—brewery to concert hall, school to castle, and the little-known history of “Myrtilla
“Ms. Miner, a white woman from New York, moved to the District of Columbia to open the school in the early 1850s. It burned down in 1860,...
Two different landmarks in the history of tennis—Newport, Rhode Island, and Lynchburg, Virginia
Newport is primarily known today for its spectacular summer cottages such as The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, and others...
Museums, memorials, and modern-day society: the Smithsonian, National Trust, and others share their
When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on the Mall in Washington, DC in 2016, it immediately became one...
The Reconstruction Era in the US National Park Service—a new theme study for this “complex and conte
Under the National Historic Landmarks Program, the National Park Service has developed a series of initiatives designed to identify,...