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Patriotic Pick for November 2023

This Infernal War

Suggested by Grateful American Book Prize judge Dr. Peter S. Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies...

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November 16 to November 30, 2023

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The 2024 Grateful American Book Prize is accepting entries

They should be books of non-fiction, fiction, or biographies suitable for 7th to 9th graders, published between August 1, 2023, and July 31,...

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November 1 to November 15, 2023

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November 2023 Newsletter

WAR HAS NO CONSCIENCE

Art in Embassies Announces The Clarice Smith Collection

The first collection, The Clarice Smith Collection, comprises 72 artworks by Washington, D.C.-based artist Clarice Smith.

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October 16 to October 31, 2023

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Patriotic Pick for October 2023

“Deacon King Kong: A Novel”
by James McBride

Suggested by historian Jane F. Levey, past editor of Washington History: Magazine of the DC History Center

“Mattie and the Machine”
by Lynn Ng Quezon Wins 2023 Grateful American Book Prize

"Island of Spies" by Sheila Turnage and "I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker"...

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October 1 to October 15, 2023

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October 2023 Newsletter

CRONKITE'S COURAGE

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September 16 to September 30, 2023

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