Public History in Philadelphia

04/26/2026

Now hiring Seasonal Rangers at Independence National Historical Park!

Join us in telling the America 250 story at the place where it all began. Help visitors connect with the people, ideas, and moments that shaped our nation.
Be part of history at the "best park in history. Apply today!

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Applications due no later than April 24, 2026.

02/16/2026

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02/15/2026

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02/02/2026

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02/01/2026

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10/23/2025

Today's issue of the Washington Post contains a very special feature: a piece on Barbara VornDick's remarkable research journey that culminated in the repatriation of the remains of Eliza Monroe Hay, James Monroe's elder daughter. Barbara is a retired educator and part-time interpreter at Highland, which was the Monroe family's home for 27 years. We are thrilled to see this recognition of her dedicated work.

Eliza Monroe Hay will be reinterred with her family tomorrow afternoon in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery ; read "Buried in France in 1840, a president's daughter comes back home" on the Washington Post's front page(!) to learn how this journey began.

10/10/2025

Scheduled to open in January 2026, right in the heart of the Gayborhood, the Philly Pride Visitor Center is billed as a legacy project of the Semiquincentennial.🔗: https://ebx.sh/XJM4W4

10/04/2025

At the end of his life, famed singer, actor, activist and athlete Paul Robeson came to live in West Philadelphia in 1966 with his sister Marian R. Forsythe in a

09/20/2025

City Council took a firm stance Thursday against the Trump administration's expected changes to an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park.

Read more here: https://www.phillyvoice.com/city-council-presidents-house-site-independence-park/

08/04/2025