A rethinking of history

Visitors to historical sites are tending to be older and fewer in numbers. Adding to that, according to several history experts, is that teaching about the past is becoming less and less of a priority within the nation’s public education system.

These were the conclusions of a recorded webinar presented by the American Association for State and Local History on the History Relevance Campaign that Cheney’s Historical Preservation Commission reviewed at its June 2 meeting. The presentation and subsequent discussion was needed, secretary Sue Beeman said, because the commission represents the comm...