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February 2013

February 22, 2013

Slavery By Another Name

Documentary explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation era and the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted well into the 20th century.

tv
February 3, 2013

18th-Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading

Langston Hughes' poems, dating from the Harlem Renaissance through the 1960's, continue to resonate today.  These powerful, poignant and often amusing works are read aloud by members o

lecture
February 2, 2013 to February 22, 2013

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first printing of the King James Bible in 1611 and examines its fascinating and complex history.

exhibition

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Film Premiere of Strokes of Justice: the Simmie Knox Story

Join the Delaware Humanities Forum for the premiere of Strokes of Justice: the Simmie Knox Story about the life and work of artist Simmie Knox and meet the artist at a reception following the film screening.

film
January 30, 2013

Freedom Riders

Find inspiration in the story of a courageous band of young civil-rights activists who journeyed through the Deep South in 1961.

tv
January 29, 2013

Henry Ford

A profile of the farm boy who became the 20th century’s most influential American innovator.

tv
January 25, 2013 to February 8, 2013

Shakespeare Uncovered

Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis and the personal passion of its celebrated hosts to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.

tv
January 12, 2013

“New Harmonies” exhibit tour closes with a symphony concert in South Dakota

To close out the Museum on Main Street tour of “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music” in South Dakota, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of

festival
January 8, 2013 to January 22, 2012

The Abolitionists

Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to make a more perfect union.

tv
January 6, 2013

Besa: The Promise

Documentary on the little-known story of the Albanian Muslims who took Jews into their homes during WWII and saved thousands of lives.

film

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Best of the Best of the New BackStory

As 2012 winds down, and a New Year is born, American History Guys Brian, Ed, and Peter reflect on their first weekly season, reprising favorite interviews, riffs, features, and calls.
radio
December 26, 2012 to January 24, 2013

Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders looks at six months in 1961 when more than 400 courageous Americans - old and young, black and white, men and women, Northern and Southern - risked their lives to challenge segregated facilities in the South.

exhibition
December 21, 2012

Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season

The Puritans banned Christmas, once a time of rowdiness when the poor demanded food from the rich.

radio
December 17, 2012

The Central Park Five: Film Screening and Discussion with Ken Burns

Ken Burns will screen and discuss his new documentary on the Central Park jogger case in an event sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council and New Hampshire Public Television.

film
December 14, 2012

Apocalypse Now & Then: End Times in America

BackStory Radio examines how apocalyptic visions gain traction from time to time, and what they tell us about American hopes and fears through the centuries.

radio
December 12, 2012 to February 8, 2013

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war—the secession of Southern states, slavery, and wartime civil liberties.

exhibition
December 10, 2012 to February 2, 2013

From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South

The traveling exhibit examines the role of African Americans in domestic service in the South.

exhibition
December 10, 2012 to December 16, 2012

The Loving Story

This Oscar-shortlisted film is the definitive account of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage: Loving v. Virginia.

film
December 7, 2012

Paris: The Luminous Years

In the early decades of the Twentieth Century, a storm of modernism swept through the art worlds of the West, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theater and beyond.

film
December 7, 2012

You've Got Mail: A History of the Post Office

BackStory Radio looks at the history of the U.S. Postal Service

radio

November 2012

November 27, 2012

The War of 1812

For two and a half years, Americans fought against the British, Canadian colonists and native nations. The War of 1812 presents the conflict that forged the destiny of a continent.

tv
November 18, 2012 to November 19, 2012

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl, by filmmaker Ken Burns, chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history.

tv
November 17, 2012

Constitutionally Speaking -The Conversation Continues: How Does the Constitution Keep Up with the Times?

Nine constitutional scholars and authors share their perspectives in 15-minute TED-x style talks.

symposium
November 16, 2012

Straight Shot: A History of Gun Ownership

The American History Guys explore the history of guns in America

radio
November 11, 2012

Veterans Reclaim Armistice Day: Healing through the Humanities

Veterans, their families, and the community are invited to just listen or to tell their stories through visual art, performance, and the written word.

symposium
November 10, 2012 to December 19, 2012

Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience

A traveling exhibition examining the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in their sport begining in the post-Civil War era.

exhibition
November 7, 2012 to November 11, 2012

Wisconsin Book Festival

The Wisconsin Book Festival is a free, five-day program of public events that takes place every fall in downtown Madison, WI.

festival
November 3, 2012

Arizona Humanities Festival

The Arizona Humanities Festival is a vibrant celebration of the humanities that engages the imagination, explores ideas, and excites people to learn more about the world we share.

festival
November 3, 2012

Mind the Gap: Economic Inequality and Our Democracy

Do increasing economic divisions threaten the survival of our democratic institutions? What are the causes of increasing economic inequality in America?

lecture
November 2, 2012

Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America

BackStory Radio looks at the history of voting in America.

radio

October 2012

October 28, 2012 to January 6, 2013

Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes

Between 600 and 1000, long before the Inca, the Wari forged a complex society widely regarded today as ancient Peru’s first empire.

exhibition
October 27, 2012

World House Series: Voices of Change, Sounds of Freedom Symposium

Humanities Council of Washington, DC, hosts symposium on go-go, calypso, jazz, and classical music.

festival
October 26, 2012

World House Series: Voices of Change, Sounds of Freedom Opening Reception

Humanities Council of Washington DC hosts an opening reception for "Voices of Change, Sounds of Freedom"

festival
October 21, 2012 to January 13, 2013

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit

This major exhibition delves into the life and career of African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937).

exhibition
October 20, 2012

Making Meaning of May 4th: The Kent State Shootings in American History

Kent State University opens a long-term exhibition about the 1970 shooting of Kent State University students by National Guardsmen.

exhibition
October 19, 2012 to October 20, 2012

An American Turning Point: Civil War 150 HistoryMobile

Housed in a tractor-trailer, this “museum on wheels" presents individual stories of the Civil War from the perspective of those who experienced it—young and old, enslaved and free, soldiers and civilians.

exhibition
October 19, 2012

Tiny Nation, Big Problems: Cuba in American History

50 years ago this week, a U.S. military jet photographed strategic nuclear missiles that had been installed by the Soviets in Cuba.

radio
October 17, 2012

National Youth Summit: Dust Bowl

A webcast discussion of Ken Burns' The Dust Bowl and environmental stewardship.

film
October 14, 2012 to January 21, 2013

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe invites visitors to explore the roles of Africans and their descendents in Renaissance Europe as revealed in compelling paintings, drawings, sculpture and printed books of the period.

exhibition
October 13, 2012 to October 13, 2012

West Virginia Book Festival

The West Virginia Book Festival brings people and books together in a two-day event that celebrates the Mountain State’s writers and brings authors from across the nation to Charleston, WV.

festival
October 12, 2012 to October 14, 2012

Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word

A three-day book festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of October in Downtown Nashville.

library program
October 12, 2012 to December 7, 2012

Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience

Travelling exhibition examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players.

exhibition
October 11, 2012 to November 30, 2012

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

Traveling exhibition examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.

exhibition
October 10, 2012 to November 28, 2012

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

Traveling exhibition examines how Abraham Lincoln used the Constitution to confront the challenges of the Civil War.

exhibition
October 7, 2012 to November 11, 2012

Broadway: The American Musical

This six-part documentary series chronicles the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution of this uniquely American art form.

tv
October 6, 2012 to January 14, 2013

Gods, Myths and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece

Exhibition for children and famillies on Ancient Greece transports visitors to the bedrock of western civilization.

exhibition
October 4, 2012 to October 6, 2012

Humanities Montana Festival of the Book

The 13th annual Humanities Montana Festival of the Book celebrates the literature of the West bringing over 70 authors to downtown Missoula.

festival
October 3, 2012 to November 2, 2012

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Traveling exhibition celebrates the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

exhibition
October 2, 2012

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

Acclaimed author and political scientist Robert D. Putnam delivers the 17th annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities in an address that focuses on the role of religion in American public life.

lecture

September 2012

September 28, 2012 to September 30, 2012

South Dakota Festival of Books

The South Dakota Festival of Books celebrates its 10th anniversary this year welcoming new festival authors Roy Blount Jr., Heid Erdrich, Karl Marlantes and Will Hermes.

festival
September 26, 2012

2012 Griffith Honors Forum Lecture with Sherman Alexie

Author Sherman Alexie speaks at South Dakota State University to kick off the 2012 South Dakota Festival of Books.

lecture
September 22, 2012 to September 23, 2012

2012 National Book Festival

Join NEH at the 12th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC

festival
September 20, 2012

Natasha Trethewey reading at Jackson State University

Current Mississippi and United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will give a reading of her poetry at Jackson State University in an event cosponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council.

lecture
September 18, 2012

Death and the Civil War

From acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, Death and the Civil War explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history: the transformation of the nation by the death of an estimated 750,000 people – nearly two and a half percent of the population – in four dark and searing years from 1861 to 1865.

tv
September 17, 2012

Emancipation Nation: Celebrating Freedom on Constitution Day

Join NEH in Washington, DC on Constitution Day for a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

lecture
September 15, 2012

Sixth Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program

Local historians, acclaimed scholars, poets, filmmakers, and students gather to celebrate “historic, famous, and not-so-famous” Hawaiian women.

lecture
September 14, 2012

Constitutionally Speaking with Justice David H. Souter

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter speaks at opening of Constitutionally Speaking project in New Hampshire.

lecture
September 13, 2012

One Evening in Maine: A Celebration of Robert McCloskey

Join the Maine Humanities Council for a benefit dinner to support programs for educators and at-risk populations on the 60th anniversary of McCloskey's book One Morning in Maine, the story of a lost tooth, a wish come true, and Maine at its most beautiful.

lecture
September 13, 2012 to October 31, 2012

15th Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival

From September 13th through the entire month of October, the Utah Humanities Book Festival will feature hundreds of authors and presenters.

festival
September 11, 2012 to January 6, 2013

I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America

I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America explores the career of American stage and industrial designer, futurist and urban planner Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958).

exhibition
September 11, 2012 to January 6, 2013

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan

Echoes of the Past unites a group of imposing sculptures from the Northern Qi period (550-577 CE) Buddhist cave temple complex at Xiangtangshan in northern China with a full-scale, digital, 3-D reconstruction of the interior of one of the site's impressive caves.

exhibition
September 1, 2012 to October 20, 2012

Our Lives, Our Stories: America's Greatest Generation

Our Lives, Our Stories explores the life arc of a single generation—the stories of their lives, told in their words—from birth to old age.

exhibition

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Turf War: A History of College Sports

BackStory Radio's American History Guys explore the history of American college sports.

radio
August 24, 2012

Conventional Wisdom: A History of American Political Conventions

BackStory Radio's American History Guys explore the development of American political conventions.

radio
August 23, 2012 to August 24, 2012

Four Souls: Stories from America's Borders

This public humanities symposium brings together four of the nation's most celebrated writers and poets to share their stories.

lecture
August 22, 2012 to September 21, 2012

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Published in 1611, the King James Bible’s blend of poetry and piety has nurtured generation after generation.

exhibition
August 19, 2012

Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton

Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton, hosted and written by author and journalist Richard Brookhiser, focuses on Hamilton’s character.

tv
August 17, 2012

Climate Control: A History of Heating and Cooling

The American History Guys consider the advent of air conditioning, and explore its far-reaching implications on everything from architecture and leisure to demography and politics.

radio
August 16, 2012 to September 24, 2012

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war—the secession of Southern states, slavery, and wartime civil liberties.

exhibition
August 10, 2012

Here to There: A History of Mapping

From the 16th to 18th centuries, many European mapmakers were convinced that California was an island — an Edenic paradise populated by black Amazons.

radio
August 9, 2012

NEH and Disaster Preparedness and Response

Congressional briefing on NEH and disaster preparedness and relief.

workshop
August 7, 2012 to October 28, 2012

Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story

Photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris chronicled a vibrant black urban community during the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras.

exhibition
August 5, 2012 to August 8, 2012

The War

This seven-part documentary series from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary American men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.

tv
August 3, 2012

Beach Bodies: A History of the American Physique

Aspirations to a more perfect body have a long history in America.

radio

July 2012

July 31, 2012 to August 2, 2012

The War

This seven-part documentary series from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary American men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.

tv
July 29, 2012

Besa: The Promise

Besa: The Promise chronicles the inspiring story of Albanian Muslims who helped rescue Jewish refugees during World War II.

film
July 29, 2012 to November 25, 2012

The Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico

The Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico focuses on an era of cultural innovation in Mesoamerica. Trade networks, closely linked to the deity Quetzalcoatl, fostered the exchange of both goods and ideas across vast distances. These southern Mexican kingdoms, which recognized Quetzalcoatl as their founder and patron, became the Children of the Plumed Serpent.

exhibition
July 27, 2012

City Upon a Hill: American Exceptionalism in U.S. History

In this episode, the American History Guys at BackStory Radio look at the changing meanings of Exceptionalism.

radio
July 26, 2012

The Dust Bowl preview screening

A preview screening and panel discussion of Ken Burns' NEH-funded film The Dust Bowl at the White House.

film
July 20, 2012

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter

A White House screening and panel discussion of the NEH-funded documentary on Charles and Ray Eames.

film
July 11, 2012 to August 10, 2012

Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Published in 1611, the King James Bible’s blend of poetry and piety has nurtured generation after generation.

exhibition
July 11, 2012 to August 20, 2012

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights

An NEH-supported exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum examines the role of visual culture in the struggle for civil rights.

exhibition
July 6, 2012 to October 7, 2012

Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World

Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World examines the significance of indigenous peoples within the artistic landscape of colonial Latin America.

exhibition
July 6, 2012

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

Travel to nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to explore the astonishing artistic and architectural riches of Islam.

tv
July 3, 2012

“The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro”: A Communal Reading of a lecture by Frederick Douglass

One person comes with a poster; another, a mike and a stack of speeches.

lecture
July 2, 2012

“The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro”: Frederick Douglass at the Massachusetts State House

One person comes with a poster; another, a mike and a stack of speeches.

lecture

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Independence Daze: A History of July Fourth

In the early days of our nation, July Fourth wasn’t an official holiday at all.

radio
June 26, 2012

Pluralisms With a Big "S": The American Versions

Professor Martin E. Marty explores ways of understanding, interpreting, and teaching the varieties of phenomena we have in mind when we talk about America’s civil and religious “pluralism.”

lecture
June 20, 2012 to August 3, 2012

Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience

This nationally travelling exhibit examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in their sport beginning in the post-Civil War era, tthrough integration of the major leagues in the mid-20th century.

exhibition
June 16, 2012

"Civility, With a German Immigrant Accent"

NEH Chairman Jim Leach delivers a public lecture entitled "Civility, With a German Immigrant Accent" at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

lecture
June 14, 2012 to June 16, 2012

Marianas History Conference

All About the Mariana Islands

lecture
June 12, 2012

Pedalpalooza

A conversation aboard bikes about where the news is going

lecture

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Exploring Communities of Muslim Women Throughout History

Women's worlds: the Qajar Era in Iran  and modern family law reform. 

lecture
May 26, 2012 to September 9, 2012

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit

More than one hundred works, from paintings to sculpture, are featured in this major exhibition devoted to the acclaimed artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937).

exhibition
May 25, 2012

Monumental Disagreements

Why is there no image of George Washington on the Washington Monument? Three history professors discuss the controversy over building the Washington Monument in "Monumental Disagreements,"...

radio
May 23, 2012

Tenement Museum Talk

Making the Jewish Lower East Side Iconic: the Tenement Museum and the Story of American Immigration.

lecture
May 22, 2012

NEH on the Web: Online Resources for K-12 Education in the Humanities

Congressional staff members, both in DC and district offices, join NEH staff for a webinar to explore NEH-funded, web-based educational resources available for teachers, tutors, parents, and homeschooling families.

workshop
May 18, 2012

Home Bittersweet Home

The American history guys, all history professors, ask whether there was ever a Golden Age of home ownership in the second episode of a new NEH-funded weekly radio show being launched across the country.

radio
May 17, 2012

"Cultural Power and the Role of the Humanities"

National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach delivers the keynote address on "Cultural Power and the Role of the Humanities" at the Barnett Symposium on Cultural Soft Power.

lecture
May 16, 2012

Wade in the Water: Songs and Stories of the Mississippi

As the Mississippi winds its way past New Orleans, American Routes is reminded of the power and place of these waterways in American culture.

radio
May 13, 2012

Touching the Yupiaq Heart

Chairman Jim Leach delivers the commencement address at the University of Alaska.

lecture
May 11, 2012

BackStory with the American History Guys

University of Virginia history professors Peter Onuf and Brian Balogh and Ed Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, explore “Childbirth in America” in the first episode of a NEH-funded weekly show.

radio
May 11, 2012

"The Power of the Humanities"

NEH Chairman Jim Leach delivers remarks on "The Power of the Humanities" to the American Council of Learned Societies.

lecture
May 4, 2012

NEH on the Web: Online Resources for K-12 Education in the Humanities

Congressional staff members, both in DC and district offices, join NEH staff for a webinar to explore NEH-funded, web-based educational resources.

workshop
May 1, 2012

Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the Civil War

Scholar-led reading and discussion series at 65 libraries across the country commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and Emancipation.  The NEH-funded series draws on March

library program

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Building America: House and Home

A new permanent exhibition packs seven galleries with photographs, objects, models, “touch me” exhibits, and films on the history, technology, and changing culture of the American home.

exhibition
April 26, 2012

Chairman Leach Introduces Besa: The Promise

NEH Chairman Jim Leach introduces NEH-funded documentary film, Besa: The Promise.

film
April 26, 2012

Every Day Is History Day

Chairman Leach speaks at celebration of History Day on Capitol Hill. 

lecture
April 26, 2012

Every Day Is History Day

Chairman Leach speaks at celebration of History Day on Capitol Hill. 

lecture
April 23, 2012

Wendell E. Berry delivers 41st Jefferson Lecture

“It All Turns on Affection”

lecture
April 18, 2012

Missouri Humanities Awards ceremony

Chairman Jim Leach delivers keynote address at the annual Missouri Humanities award ceremony for educators, scholars, community leaders and students who represent exemplary achievement in the human

lecture
April 17, 2012

An NEH conversation with 2011 Jefferson Lecturer Drew Gilpin Faust

Historian and Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, returning to the NEH nearly a year after her lecture, Telling War Stories, Reflections of a Civil War Historian, discusses the lasting legacy of the Civil War.

lecture
April 11, 2012

A Heartland Congressional Workshop

NEH Congressional Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution cohost a breakfast workshop for Congressional staff on NEH On the Road.

workshop
April 5, 2012

Bridging Cultures through Law Film Series: The Loving Story

A screening of the NEH-funded documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving, whose successful challenge of a Virginia law barring interracial marriage changed history, provides the centerpiece for a  panel discussion of civil rights law.

film
April 1, 2012 to July 1, 2012

Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico

Chairman Jim Leach attends opening of new exhibition following the life and the epic stories of the Mexican culture-hero and deity, Quetzalcoatl, founder and benefactor of communities that flourish

exhibition

March 2012

March 29, 2012

“The Relevance of the Humanities and the Challenge of Democracy”

Chairman Jim Leach delivers lecture on the Relevance of the Humanities and the Challenge of Democracy to the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities

lecture
March 28, 2012

Chosen Food

A presentation on the Jewish Museum of Maryland's NEH-funded exhibit Chosen Food.

exhibition
March 21, 2012

Bridging Cultures through Law Film Series: I Came to Testify

I Came to Testify, a documentary about women testifying to the use of rape as a war crime.

film

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Bridging Cultures through Law Film Series: Prohibition

A moderated panel discussion on issues of Constitutional law presented in Ken Burns' NEH-funded film Prohibition.

 

film

December 2011

December 13, 2011

Holiday Hill Workshop

The Congressional Affairs Office hosts a workshop to introduce new Congressional staff members to the inner workings of the NEH.

workshop

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Using the Humanities to Support Veterans

NEH brought together Veterans Affairs officials, representatives from Veterans Service Organizations, and military families to showcase two NEH-funded programs.

lecture

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Bridging Cultures through Law Film Series: Freedom Riders

Throughout the summer of 1961, more than 400 black and white young Americans traveled together on buses and trains throughout the Deep South...

film

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Preview Reception for Manifold Greatness: the Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible

Members of Congress and staff attend a preview of the Manifold Greatness exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

exhibition