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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.

Grateful American Foundation Partners with WETA’s AdLit

The partnership will support Grateful American Book Prize winning author interviews, the development of instructional resources, and the relaunch of...

History Matters
January 1 to January 15, 2022

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

History Matters
December 16 to 31, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

History Matters
December 1 to 15, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

Interview with 2021 Grateful American Book Prize Winner

Ground Zero author Alan Gratz says, “the most emotionally difficult book I've ever written.”

History Matters
November 16 to 30, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

History Matters
November 1 to November 15, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

History Matters
October 16 to October 31, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

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