Stopping Stones are micro-monuments marking sites where enslaved people lived and labored. For Black History Month, Mikayla Harden reflects on the power of these quiet memorials, which invite contemplation rather than awe.
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What is a Stopping Stone? → www.historicnewengland.org/what-is-a-st...
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 at Historic New England!
Summer 2026 applications open Mon, Feb 23 at 10 a.m. ET and close Sun, Mar 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications are only accepted during this window.
Help spread the word: www.historicnewengland.org/get-involved...
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭!
HNE is pleased to offer students a special discount to attend the Summit in New Haven, CT. Two days of inspiration, ideas, solutions, & connections—𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 $𝟓𝟎.
Take the next step in your career journey! donate2.app/hne/summit-r...
We’re accepting applications for Spring 2026 internships. The application portal opens at 10 a.m. EST on Mon., September 22, & closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Sun., October 5 —𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙.
Help us spread the word! → www.historicnewengland.org/get-involved...
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
Historic New England offers exciting opportunities for students, recent graduates, and history enthusiasts to gain real-world experience while helping to preserve our region’s past.
I finally tried some ketchup potato chips and I cannot figure out why we don’t have them in the US.
"The defense of gender is at once the defense of open inquiry and the ideal of the university."
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
⏰ Deadline Approaching: This Thursday! ⏰
Are you working to preserve history in your New England community? Don’t miss your chance to apply for Historic New England’s Community Preservation Grants—applications close Thursday!
Apply today → www.historicnewengland.org/continuing-s...
Insight on life when one’s grant is terminated. And reinstated.
Our new survey of public history students is available:
What do students do after their Master?
Do they have jobs?
In what field do they work?
What did they find useful in their training?
publichistoryonline.org/survey-of-pu...
#PublicHistory #Career #University @ncph.bsky.social
What can the lives of 19th-century women teach us today? Historian @edewolfe.bsky.social has made it her mission to find out. DeWolfe brings a storyteller’s voice and a scholar’s lens to the hidden histories of women.
Investigate for yourself! → www.historicnewengland.org/the-real-agn...
At the end of a week with crappy news, here’s a chance to just do some pure good.
The Hartford mayor and I are starting a summer basketball league for kids in the city. We need to raise about $20K more to fund it.
$ link here. More info in this 🧵
secure.actblue.com/donate/csm-a...
Thomas Chatterton Williams on X: "I don’t care if you’re razing Kenosha, storming the Capitol, or doing whatever this is in LA, no democracy can function when every group and identity block decides it has the right and moral authority to take its specific political disagreements into the streets." Retweeted by Jake Tapper.
"A society can't allow EVERYBODY to have free speech!" is a helluva take.
We are accepting applications for the NCPH Membership Coordinator through Friday, June 13. Learn more about this full-time position (with benefits) and submit your application or share it with someone who would be great for the role at ncph.org/job/ncph-mem...!
#PublicHistory #PublicHistoryJobs
Twitter: this is how men with huge balls fight. This is what masculinity looks like
Bluesky: this is the first messy breakup of pride month
UPDATE: The National Park Service is *officially closing* Dupont Circle Park through World Pride weekend. Fencing is being put up around the park. NPS says the request came from U.S. Park Police as "necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety, and protection" of the park
The 2025 Pride Garden Party at Sarah Orne Jewett House is next week. We talk to our event partner, New Hampshire Outright, about how knowing history can empower LGBTQ+ youth now and in the future.
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ History → www.historicnewengland.org/celebrating-...
Congress approved it. The administration is delaying it.
The Coalition is calling on Congress to release FY25 Historic Preservation Fund dollars now, before we lose staff, projects, and irreplaceable sites.
Our letter: protectnps.org/2025/05/30/c...
One way to show how much you value history—and evidence-based stories about the past—is to visit the historic sites in your community. I work for @historicnewengland.bsky.social, and we have 38 of them, almost all of which are open for free tours next Saturday. Stop by and check us out!
Historic New England is hiring—and we want YOU on our team! Whether you're exploring a new career path, looking for an inspiring internship, or ready to volunteer, there’s a place for you here.
Join us—and be part of something historic! → historicnewengland.bamboohr.com/careers
On this May Day, we remember when 3,000 Haverhill shoe workers struck in 1895—and sparked a movement that led the Massachusetts city to elect the first socialist mayor in the United States.
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More from HNE Research Fellow, Eleanor Martinez-Proctor → www.historicnewengland.org/the-peoples-...
The Memorial Wall honoring USAID employees who lost their lives in service was taken down today. We will not forget. 😢🇺🇲
wtop.com/government/2...
As one of Senator Slotkin's constituents: seriously, what fresh hell is this? Michigan is better than this, and better than the "woke is weak" line Senator Slotkin's been towing of late.
Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.
Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
Barnard really is Columbia’s partner
Support our colleagues at Wellesley, where the NTT faculty are on day 28 of striking for better working conditions.
Pitches for this are due Sunday. If you know someone who might want to contribute, please share this with them!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NYU Faculty Take Classes Off Campus to Protest Lack of Protections for International Students NEW YORK, April 17, 2025 - More than fifty NYU faculty members have taken their classes off campus starting today, and continuing for the next week, to protest the University's lack of commitment to protect international students in the face of the Trump administration's attacks. Some faculty have moved their classes to in-person locations that have been declared sanctuary spaces, where international students are assured that building administrators will do everything in their power to refuse to cooperate with ICE agents. Other faculty have moved their classes online so that students can attend from a safe location of their choosing.
This is how you do it.
