History at Rock Valley College

02/18/2024

Interesting video about the history of uniforms.

08/17/2023

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/08/16/us-military-aerial-reconnaissance-pictures-from-wwii-available-online/

More than 3,600 images showing the changing face of England during World War II were made available in a free online, searchable map.

07/30/2023

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/30/us/revolutionary-war-archives-transcription-project/index.html

The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence.

07/21/2023

05/27/2023

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/history-mystery-detectives-crime-novels.html?fbclid=IwAR1TBXsMSU27r_YrS0WS8T3kIP6nGVYas1wiLxKKx7iuJx54VA2ZcO1bzUI

There’s a bit of appropriated glamour in the comparison. But the association is nevertheless well earned.

04/06/2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/uchicago-oriental-institute-changes-name-isac/?fbclid=IwAR1pdqYVzBHQCTCZQ17kP4MZepI2cSPG6YmeTIUqjUiLOtWqTPZr3oLV2GM

The U of C reported the change is intended to reflect the geographic focus of the research and scholarship conducted by institute.

04/04/2023

New research changes the narrative on the introduction of the horse. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-spread-horses-through-the-west-earlier-than-thought-180981912/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=432023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR1UvWP5ppoZix0wev0TAFM2T7Rhm8xCsDC6fJWi6rqja80p6hTCjnTDe2g

Native Americans spread the animals across the West before Europeans arrived in the region, archaeological evidence and Indigenous knowledge show

02/19/2023

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/st-augustine/fort-mose/?fbclid=IwAR366MVpDerOJJNmsewAEur4oMjye_sJNqEkoMZdP2yfwgK-k7JUIiV02P0

More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in Carolina and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. Battling slave catchers and dange…

02/16/2023

https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/march-2023/phantom-encounters-building-a-course-around-ghosts?fbclid=IwAR3PAsEub79oNPwaAs2hn8oJPanMbxnlIjzSrMSNUQZbwFkePNd-kjrYQVo

Ghosts provide an excellent comparative lens for a history class.

12/30/2022

Very interesting discovery.

Jamestown Rediscovery is proud to work with incredible researchers from across the globe. Ariane's work to understand European and indigenous dog populations in North America turned up a surprising find - the dogs at Jamestown in the early years were indigenous, not European.

Read more about her work and the changing story of dogs in North America in The Washington Post!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/dogs-native-jamestown-discovered/

12/30/2022

A new National Park site in Illinois.

New Philadelphia National Historic Site has been established as the newest national park to commemorate the history of early 19th century Black pioneers in Illinois. Located near Barry, Illinois, New Philadelphia is the first town known to be officially registered by an African American. Frank McWorter, once an enslaved man, bought his freedom and the freedom of 15 family members by mining for crude niter in Kentucky caves and processing the mined material into saltpeter, by hiring his time to other settlers, and by selling lots in New Philadelphia, the town he founded.

The New Philadelphia site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places - NPS, designated as a National Historic Landmarks Program, and included in the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. New Philadelphia National Historic Site is now the 424th park in the National Park System.

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/new-philadelphia-national-historic-site-new-national-park.htm

Image: Burdick House located in New Philadelphia.

12/14/2022

https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/why-study-history/department-advocacy-toolkit/famous-history-majors?fbclid=IwAR1jg4Tw3fHCZPpGyICauieYyeiYii6Ax-HhF0AA2WuteGDuzF2UCRtJ0lg

Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Sonia Sotomayor were history majors? This list offers an entertaining glimpse into the unusual careers some well-known history majors have pursued after their undergraduate studies.