Project Grant P21AP12264

The Museum of the American Revolution received a $192,836 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support the development and implementation of a traveling exhibition titled "Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War." The exhibition will bring together nearly 40 of artist Don Troiani's original Revolutionary War paintings paired with...

This Project Grant award from the National Park Service - Chesapeake Bay Office under the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network program (CFDA 15.930) provides $150,000 to The Elizabeth River Trail Foundation to develop an immersive audio experience along the 10.5-mile Elizabeth River Trail in Norfolk, Virginia. The "Truth Be Told" project will curate 10 seven-minute audio stories featuring the historical perspectives and experiences of underrepresented communities along the trail, connecting...

WHOSE REVOLUTION?: MULTIPLE NARRATIVES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS LEGACIES IN MASSACHUSETTS [THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE CONCORD MUSEUM HAVE PARTNERED TO PROPOSE A 6-DAY WORKSHOP, TEACHERS WOULD EXPLORE FAMOUS AND LESSER-KNOWN SITES RELATED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH IN MASSACHUSETTS. THESE PLACE-BASED EXPERIENCES IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS WILL BE GUIDED BY ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC HISTORIANS, LITERARY SCHOLARS, AND...

The Christ Church Preservation Trust was awarded a $184,528 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to conduct the "Historic Black Lives Matter: Telling the Trust about Christ Church and Race at the Founding" project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Trust will implement archival research on the involvement of people of African descent in the colonial and early republic history...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $750,000 project grant under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program (CFDA 15.904) to the non-profit Union Foundation. The grant funding will support repairs and accessibility improvements to the United Colored American Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. This grant aligns with the program's goals of preserving historic properties and addressing the struggle for equal rights in America. The Union Foundation...

This $149,501.59 Project Grant awarded by the National Park Service under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) will fund the Friends of Camp Security to conduct an archaeological field survey and update the long-term preservation plan for Camp Security, a Revolutionary War prisoner-of-war camp in Springettsbury Township, PA. The project, titled "The Pen at Camp Security: Mapping a Revolutionary War Prison Camp Stockade," will expand upon previous research efforts...

This Project Grant award of $142,709 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program will support Old North Illuminated, Inc., doing business as Old North Foundation Bstn Inc., to develop and deliver new interpretive programming at the Old North Church & Historic Site in Massachusetts. Key products and services include hiring a manager and consultant to reimagine the site's interpretive plan with a focus on researching and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded a $124,587.65 Project Grant under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) to East Pikeland Township, a local government organization in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The grant funding will support research and archaeological field investigations at the historic Continental Powder Works site at French Creek, which was active during the American Revolutionary War. The project aims to gain a detailed...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), awarded a $152,382 Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association to offer two one-week workshops in the summer of 2025 for teachers across the country. The workshops, titled "The American Revolution: Subjects, Citizens, and Soldiers," will use the association's archival and object collections to explore five key themes related to the American...

The National Park Service awarded a $147,151 American Battlefield Protection Program Project Grant to the Fort Ticonderoga Association, a nonprofit museum located in New York. The funding will support the "Uncovering Liberty Hill: An American Soldiers Camp at Ticonderoga" project, which aims to locate and evaluate the integrity of Revolutionary War soldier huts on Liberty Hill, and create a comprehensive archaeological record of the site's history during its active service from May...