{"id":117739,"date":"2026-04-10T10:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=117739"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:19:57","slug":"society-for-history-in-the-federal-government-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/event\/society-for-history-in-the-federal-government-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Society for History in the Federal Government Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/shfg.wildapricot.org\/sys\/website\/?pageId=18410\" target=\"_self\">Bringing Federal History to the Public During America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Society for History in the Federal Government<br \/>\n2026 Annual Meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Library of Congress, Madison Building<br \/>\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n<p>May 14-15, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Anniversaries offer an opportunity to reflect on the past and consider what the future might bring. With the semiquincentennial of the United States, federal historians and allied professionals are uniquely positioned to offer insights, reflections, analysis and understanding, as well as to consider the current context of its celebration, and what issues future federal historians may face.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Federal history practitioners will be celebrating the 250th anniversary through myriad projects and programs. The raised profile of this event brings with it an opportunity for a fresh framework on public history, to highlight the relevance and importance of federal history, and for outreach and deeper connection to a wide range of audien<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">ces.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Over the course of our annual meeting we hope to share with our colleagues how practitioners are bringing federal history to the public now? What research and resources on federal history have risen to attention in light of\u00a0 the 250th anniversary? What issues have taken on new relevance in federal history practices?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Registration is now open! A program and schedule will be posted as soon as it is available.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing Federal History to the Public During America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary Society for History in the Federal Government 2026 Annual Meeting\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","aha-topic":[],"month":[556],"event-type":[605],"year":[901],"class_list":{"0":"post-117739","1":"event","2":"type-event","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"month-may","6":"event-type-conference","7":"year-901","10":"year-2026","11":"no-featured-image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/117739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/117739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117742,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/117739\/revisions\/117742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aha-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aha-topic?post=117739"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=117739"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=117739"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=117739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}