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History Matters
August 1 to August 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

History Matters
July 16 to July 31, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for July 2022

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Suggested by Kathy Cannon Wiechman, inaugural winner of the Grateful American Book Prize for Like a River: A Civil War...

History Matters
July 1 to July 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

History Matters
June 16 to June 30, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

History Matters
June 1 to June 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

The Grateful American Book Prize Accepting Submissions for 2022

Authors and publishers may submit entries via the online submission form

History Matters
May 16 to May 31, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Patriotic Pick for May 2022

“The War for America, 1775-1783”
by Piers Mackesy

Suggested by Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello

Patriotic Pick for April 2022

“This Hallowed Ground”
by Bruce Catton

Suggested by Ryan Cole, author of Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero

Judges Gear Up for the 2022 Grateful American Book Prize

The award is given annually to authors who have created outstanding works of historical fiction, biography, and/or non-fiction, for seventh...

WETA and the Grateful American Book Prize and Foundation announce a new partnership

The partnership helps young learners enhance their reading skills, and embrace a love of history.

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