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So, I’m getting ready to try this picture a day thing…. nine days of warm-up before I really launch into the full year. The idea of these sorts of projects is that they force you to live in the now — today, not tomorrow or yesterday — with the people and things and events that …

Online History Museum Survey

Sheila at Relaxing on the Trail is beginning what promises to be an extremely useful series for those of us who think about new media and public history. She’s conducting reviews of history museum sites–one from each state and territory, beginning with the Chicago History Museum. Check in periodically for a new review.

The Free and the Unfree

In case anyone missed it, last week Brown University announced the findings of its commission to investigate the debt of the university to slave labor. Initiated by University President, Ruth Simmons, who is herself the great-granddaughter of slaves, the committee found that the institution’s early financial support depended on the proceeds of slave labor. As …