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The article discusses the American Historical Association and at the National Council on Public History participated in that data collection effort in organization who identify with a race/ethnicity of inclusive and equitable history community . Topics include strategic goal reflected in the planning of all programming and operations; and Diversity & Inclusion Committee implemented an organization-wide framework of community engagement, inclusive public history and museum studies programs.

The article focuses on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. on July 4, 2026, emphasizing the need for immediate planning. Topics include the opportunities for inclusive historical engagement at various governmental levels, the role of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission and America250 Foundation in national preparations, and practical steps for local organizations to get involved, including resources and potential funding avenues.

The article focuses on American Association for State & Local History (AASLH)'s preparation for the nation's Semiquincentennial in 2026, highlighting the significance of the joint Annual Conference with the National Council on Public History. Topics include reflections on the evolution of public history since the Bicentennial, the challenges faced by the public history field, and the need to explore new approaches and structures for historical societies, museums, and historic sites beyond 2026.

The article focuses on Texas recognized Juneteenth as an official public holiday and District of Columbia have formally made it a public holiday, which means state government offices are closed and state workers. It mentions time to focus on civics and history to bring to life freedom, equality, justice and coalition of history organizations joining forces to ignite and inform younger generations. It also mentions field school aimed at attracting graduate students to careers in public history.

In this article, the president of American Association for State & Local History (AASLH), in which U.S. will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a moment that offers great possibilities for civics and history education. It mentions communities have fostered efforts to address the nation's history of racism and violence, removing statues and other symbols of the Confederate Lost Cause, most of which were erected long after the Civil War.

In this article, the author who is president at American Association for State & Local History, is which he discusses an inclusive history and to strengthen public history field. It mentions need to encourage critical thinking and asks all to consider how history can help move society toward justice. It also mentions history educators are being censored, and because civic infrastructure is being attacked and generous grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to help the history community.

The article reports that Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) efforts are challenging ventures for an organization traditional structures. Topics include building scholarships and support that make participation in conferences and professional development inclusive and equitable; and commit to fostering an environment of trust and transparency and increasing awareness of educational opportunities.

The article reports that divisive concepts legislation and actions by governors and state school boards to restrict what students learn in the history classroom. Topics include state legislatures have passed laws or are considering laws curtailing what history teachers can say to their students about the history of racism, slavery, and sexism; and Censorship inflicted on history educators is having its intended chilling effect in many states and local school districts.

The article focuses on membership benefits of American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) as its mission is to provide leadership and resources to help the history community. Topics discussed include association receives research grants to improve the field, it is members of the organization and help provide the data; special member discounts on Annual Meeting and Online Conference registration and webinars and historical preservation, archiving and history education.

The article focuses on the 250th anniversary of American Association for State and Local History. It mentions that the American Association for State and Local History has been talking about, strategizing, and building collaborative linkages for the 250th for several years. It also mentions about strengthening history organizations with exposure to logical reasoning and critical thinking.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author explores his experience of visiting maritime history museum in Wisconsin and a shipwreck history museum in Michigan.

The article focuses on the role of history practitioners to study the history of structures of democracy and civic participation during COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the efforts of American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) to strengthen historical institutions. It also reports on the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) funding by the AASLH for history museums, historical societies, educators and humanities councils, as of December 2020.

The article explores the results of a 2008 survey of public historians. Definitions of public history are examined and workplaces employing public historians including the federal government, research organizations, and libraries are explored. The demographics of public historians, including gender, age, and educational background are also discussed.

The article provides information on the memberships of National Council on Public History (U.S.) including historians working in federal and state archives and park services, museums, historical societies, and editorial projects. Topics include possible cure for the job crisis, history community and American Historical Association.

The article reports on the membership of small history organizations in the American Association for State & Local History (AASLH). Small history organizations face challenges which are multiplied by the thousands of single instances in which they occur. AASLH's inaugural National Visitation Report of November 2019 showed that while history organizations across the U.S. have experienced visitation growth, the most dramatic increases have been at the smallest places.

This article presents an interview with Edward Linenthal, editor of the "Journal of American History." He said he first got involved with the Organization of American Historians (OAH) through his work with the National Park Service while writing about the contested places of American battlefields. He usually attended the meetings of the American Academy of Religion.

The article talks about fraud that occurred at the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) where former financial manager Risa Woodward and her husband James were found to have defrauded the organization of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. Topics discussed include Woodward serving one year of incarceration for her crimes, and steps taken by the AASLH leadership between 2011 to 2013 in response to the fraud.