From Black Slaves to Blue Angels: Exploring NAS Pensacola

Explore the Pensacola Naval Air Station, which has served the U.S. military for over 175 years and is home to the Blue Angels squadron, on the "From Black Slaves to Blue Angels: Exploring NAS Pensacola" field trip on April 8. Special emphasis will be placed on the unique nature of the antebellum black labor force employed by the U.S. military and utilized to construct many of the Pensacola's most recognizable landmarks. Call (317) 274-2716 to add this trip to your registration. If you have not yet registered, simply add this event to your registration.

THATCamp registration deadline is March 15

Tomorrow is the last day to register for THATCamp NCPH, a full-day digital humanities "unconference" where participants can network, experiment, share ideas, invent something, learn new skills, and more.  Visit the conference registration page to claim one of the open spots for this fun event!

Conference countdown: Commemorating the 9/11 Anniversary, Ten Years Later

As we're approach the conference date, we want to highlight some of the many exciting sessions and events that will be part of our Pensacola meeting.

On Friday morning (8:30-10 a.m.), join Brent Glass, Director of the National Museum of American History, and Clifford Chanin, Director of Education at the National September 11 Museum, for a vigorous roundtable and audience discussion of the 9/11 anniversary.  From collections development to interpretation, community relations, political concerns, and questions about memorialization versus a more detached historical approach, this roundtable will explore the challenges of marking this anniversary.  Historians know that commemoration often has an unfinished quality (if it weren't significant and still being discussed and debated, we wouldn't bother to commemorate it), but this event looms so large in American contemporary memory that it's particularly complex and contentious--truly a case where the tools and experience of public historians have a great deal to offer. 

Visit the conference page on the NCPH website for more!

Civil Rights and Slavery - Mobile, AL

Join Marian Carpenter, collections manager at the National Civil Rights Museum, and staff from the University of Southern Alabama on April 6 for a tour of nearby Mobile, AL, and visit sites associated with the city's history of slavery and the Civil Rights movement. Lunch is included. Call (317) 274-2716 to add this trip to your conference registration. If you have not yet registered, simply select the event on your registration form.

Naval Live Oaks and Ft. Pickens Field Trip

Beautiful ocean vistas and a Civil War era fort, located on one of the oldest federally protected pieces of land in the country, await you on the Naval Live Oaks and Ft. Pickens field trip on Thursday, April 7. Lunch at Peg Leg Pete's is included. It's not too late to sign up! Call (317) 274-2716 to add this trip to your registration. If you have not yet registered, simply select this event on your registration form.

MTSU Reception at NCPH

Please join the Middle Tennessee State Unviersity Public History Program get-together at the NCPH meeting. Visit with current and former faculty, graduate students, and friends.

When: Thursday, April 7, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: CAVU Lounge, Crowne Plaza Pensacola
Who: MTSU Public History Program and friends

Hotel Rooms for Graduate Students

The Crowne Plaza Pensacola (conference hotel) is almost full! So, we reserved a block of rooms for graduate students at the Sole Inn for $79/night. The hotel is located close to Historic Pensacola Village and will be included on the conference shuttle route. Call by March 5 to make your reservation: (888) 470-9298. Be sure to tell them that you are with NCPH.