American History
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This is the final installment in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part IV in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenue atop the NPS.
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This is part III in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part II in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part I in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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I’ve been thinking recently about how to revive this blog and make better use of it. I’d like to focus on historical exploration and analysis and, when possible, localize my subjects and comment on broader national trends.
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A place-based approach to the debate to rename Faneuil Hall in Boston, a popular historic site part of Boston National Historical Park, National Parks of Boston.
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If confirmed as National Parks Service Director, Chuck Sams III will be the first person to hold the position in an official capacity since the Obama administration. Here’s why that’s important.
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My alma mater uses the name Masconomet to perpetuate a false narrative. Now is the opportune moment for it to reduce — by at least one — the list of Massachusetts high schools that misuse Native American imagery.
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The name on the school is a shameful reminder of how Native Americans were treated by colonists, forced to assimilate, and mocked for their traditions. Most shameful of all is the name Masconomet is used as a prop to uphold a false historical narrative by citizens who see it instead as a source of “profound…
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