America250 hosted a Community Conversation on The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by former President Jimmy Carter on February 24, 2022. The conversation included the complex history of the South during the American Revolution, Jimmy Carter’s perspective on good government, and the experience of enslaved African Americans and Native Americans removed from their homelands.
America’s Field Trip Awardees!
Thousands of students from across the country submitted inspiring entries, responding to the prompt “What does America mean to you?” for the first-ever America’s Field Trip contest. A panel of current and former educators selected 150 students as awardees, hailing from 44 states and territories.