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Review: The Wright Brothers National Memorial
Over Thanksgiving break, I visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks, home of sprawling vacation homes, wild horses, and the site of… READ MORE
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History during the Holidays: Greenfield Village Holiday Nights at The Henry Ford
The holidays are all about traditions. We all understand that the coming of the holiday season means honoring the same… READ MORE
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Digital Exhibit: The Civil War and Chicago
The countdown to the new semester has begun and with it the frantic attempts to get ahead before falling perpetually… READ MORE
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Food, Race, and a Flood in New Orleans
With historians from around the world set to arrive in America’s greatest eating town for the AHA’s annual meeting, I… READ MORE
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The Twelve History-Books of Christmas
Tests recently graded and term projects recently submitted, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for many graduate students. … READ MORE
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The Lakefront Historian is a group blog written by graduate students and scholars associated with the Loyola University Chicago Public History Program. Content includes reviews of historical sites and institutions, commentary on the public consumption of history, thoughts on public history theory and practice, and news about public history careers.
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