NHD's kind & hardworking Finance Director is celebrating 20 YEARS with NHD! In March, Lorena celebrated two decades of serving the students, teachers, affiliates, donors, & supporters of NHD w/ all things finance. Join us in thanking Lorena for all she does! We appreciate her 👏🏼

We love seeing our teachers highlighted in their local news and communities! Congratulations to Jodi Thompson of NY for her nomination to the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award in the junior division 🥳

Come work with MN History Day! We're looking to add a Program Supervisor to the History Day staff. Applications are open until April 15 with a flexible start date. Bowling shirt included.
Apply online: mnhs.org/jobs.

Following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon Johnson urged the passage of the Civil Rights Act as a memorial to the civil rights leader. #OnThisDay in 1968, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

'Ken Burns turned towards Giroux’s and Patel’s NHD documentaries as an example of how history can shape the future.' So proud of two of our NHD 2023 winners who were recently featured at the Gettysburg Film Festival 🎬👏🏼 buff.ly/3vC4wOe

NHD National Contest registration is officially open for teachers and students! If you've advanced to the National Contest from your affiliate contest, head to buff.ly/3vY9Ueq. Registration will close Tuesday, 5/14 at 11:59pm ET. National Contest season is almost here!🥳

5 U.S. teachers were selected for the 2024 National Teachers Hall of Fame and an NHD teacher is one of them! Congratulations to Terry Kaldhusdal of WI, who also happens to be the 2023 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year winner for the junior division 🥳 buff.ly/3Ukwzvb

Remembering Henry “Hank” Aaron.
Fifty years ago this week, baseball legend Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record. Before his death, he visited the Library of Congress and spoke about his time in the majors and how he rose above racist attacks and threatening hate mail.
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Eid Mubarak! Today begins Eid al-Fitr, 'the feast of fast-breaking,' commemorating the end of the holy month of #Ramadan . During this celebration, Muslims show their gratitude to Allah after reflecting and fasting during Ramadan. More: s.si.edu/3TCKdrV #BlackFaith

The Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award recognizes outstanding National History Day (NHD) teachers. This year, Zach Crandall was chosen to represent CO. This is his 2nd time receiving this honor. Congratulations! #shmscougars Boulder Valley School District National History Day

Happy National Library Week from the largest library in the world!
Whether it’s your neighborhood public library, school library or the Library of Congress, we are all committed in providing accurate, diverse and accessible resources for everyone.
#libraries #nationallibraryweek

'NHD projects allow students to choose topics that interest them, encouraging student agency while also promoting student collaboration, cooperation, and communication.' #NationalHistoryDay #NHD50 buff.ly/3vDxKw6

This is not a drill - we are just TWO MONTHS away from the 2024 NHD National Contest!

Who's joining us from June 9-13 at the University of Maryland, College Park?! 🙋🏽‍♀️ #NHD50

On this day in 1993, Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to fly in space on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-56. Ochoa flew on four separate space missions and was the first Hispanic director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Discover her story: s.si.edu/40XLiNu

It's #NationalLibraryWeek ! Year-round, libraries provide space and support for their communities. Let's take this week to give an extra bit of thanks for our local libraries, what do you love about yours? 📚

Planning to (safely!) catch a glimpse of the #SolarEclipse ? ☀️

George Washington sat in the 'Rising Sun Chair' during the Constitutional Convention during which Ben Franklin remarked, “... but now at length I have the happiness to know it is a rising sun and not a setting sun.”

'I still consider myself a ‘history nerd.’ I enjoy the process of researching past events to show how important historical events influence current events & shape the world as we know it.”

NHD alum Stephen Frese credits NHD with nurturing his passions. buff.ly/3U0cTMP