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A member of the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka "Harlem Hellfighters") holds a puppy that he saved during World War I (1918). ⁦wwi100nyc⁩ ⁦National WWI Museum⁩ #harlemhellfighters ⁦HarlemHellFighters⁩ ⁦HistoryinPictures⁩

. Russell Westbrook is making sure America never forgets the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with a new documentary, Tulsa Burning, airing May 30th. people.com/sports/russell…

Mentorship changes lives.✨ We are proud to team up with Lifetime Comcast The Hollywood Reporter to highlight some of our Littles and their mentors at BigBrothersBigSisters. 📺Tune into Lifetime TODAY at 8pm EST to be inspired by their stories.

I hope the NPS will reopen Governors Island soon along with all the other Manhattan Sites Federal Hall National Memorial General Grant NM AfricanBurialGround T.R. Birthplace and the rest 🇺🇸

🌟Featured activity of the week🌟: To Sign or Not to Sign docsteach.org/activities/tea… In this activity, students consider the arguments made by members of the Continental Congress regarding whether or not to sign the #DeclarationofIndependence. #July4th #IdependenceDay

#OTD in 1914, the ships of the U.S. Navy officially became dry under General Order No. 99. Most ships spent the previous night having parties and mock funerals. British, French, German, and Dutch sailors rushed to any nearby American ship to help consume the last of the booze.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: Check out Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, complete with deletions, corrections, insertions & other edits from members of his committee prior to July 4. loc.gov/resource/mtj1.… #FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay

I am honored that my film with Marco Williams (Marco Williams) “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre” has been nominated for 3 Emmy Awards! Thank you to HISTORY for their incredible support of this film.

And don’t forget the lamentable decision by the Robert’s court in Shelby County v Holder #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #JusticeMatters #democracy this is why we need the ERA because SCOTUS could just overrule

Inside was a treasure trove of more than 150 yellowing, rag-paper pages containing dozens of recipes for everything from catsup to plague cures, written out painstakingly in a few different people’s handwriting. bit.ly/AtlasObscuraPa…

Dorothy Parker finally has a gravestone! No rain The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy #NewYork Al Hirschfeld NY Distilling Co.

Congratulations on the completion of this effort. Mrs Parker would be delighted. Time for a martini toast!

Please listen & share wwi100nyc National WWI Museum Adrian Gregory Dr Jane Potter Lora Vogt @TaubHistory @JonathanBoff drlibbyhistory @wingatejen iaisherwood @pierrepurseigle @AmericanontheWF @WW1_education @WW1CC @DoughboyFound @wherrypilgrim FWW Studies Society (Account Inactive) FWWbib D.C. War Memorial Oxford History

Join @History Channel in supporting Team Rubicon through #HonorAVet this #VeteransDay! Share a photo and story of a veteran in your life using #HonorAVet and tag HISTORY and History Channel will donate $1 to TR!

I was happy to be there with you, and yes it seems like a decade ago. One thing I enjoyed about the several rededication ceremonies that I attended as a #WWI commissioner was traveling to such a wide variety of neighborhoods throughout #NYC. Thanks for what you do Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Saturday I led a private walking tour of Governors Island (and you can book one too, DM me!) and the subject of Confederates in NYC during the #CivilWar came up. Here's a #TB post I wrote about it fitzpatrickauthor.com/2020/06/12/gov…

#HappyHolidays to the A+E Networks family, and may the new year bring safety, success, and happiness to you and yours! #AENetworks #HolidaySeason

Hollywood icon, Sidney Poitier, has passed away at the age of 94. As the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, he helped break down the color barrier in film and brought dignity to the portrayal of noble and intelligent characters.

Looking forward to this.

BREAKING: In a HUGE loss for Republican Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, and Josh Hawley, officials from the American Bar Association testify at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing that ALL of their accusations against her are false. RT TO THANK THE OFFICIALS!