Are You Prepared?

by American Association for State and Local History | Apr 25, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession

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Episode 356: Paul Peucker, The Moravian Church in North America

by Ben Franklin's World | Apr 25, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/356_Peucker.mp3 In 1682, the first Assembly of Pennsylvania and the Delaware counties met in Chester, Pennsylvania, and adopted “the Great Law,” a humanitarian code that guaranteed the people of Pennsylvania liberty...

Episode 355: Misha Ewen, The Virginia Venture

by Ben Franklin's World | Apr 11, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/355_Ewen.mp3 On April 10th, 1606, King James I granted the Virginia Company of London a charter. Just over a year later, on May 14, 1607, this privately-funded, joint-stock company established the first, permanent...

Statement on Preparations for the United States’ 250th Anniversary in New York

by American Association for State and Local History | Mar 30, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession

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Episode 354: John Wood Sweet, The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

by Ben Franklin's World | Mar 28, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/354_Wood_Sweet.mp3 History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and societies. Of course, history also has the power to show us how...

A Common Cause to All

by American Association for State and Local History | Mar 27, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession

By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEOFor the past several years the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has been saying that the Semiquincentennial is coming. Well, the 250th era is here. The first large-scale, national event of the nation’s...