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A federal agency, National Endowment for the Humanities supports research, preservation, public programs, and education in the humanities. Follow/RT≠endorsement

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NEH announces $26.2 million for 238 humanities projects across the U.S. Grants will support exhibitions, films, digitization of historic collections, sustainability projects at museums & archives, advanced research, & programs in higher ed. #NEHgrant

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Tonight we will join @HumanitiesAll & @USCapHis to honor @HamiltonMusical 's @Lin_Manuel with the 2017 #USCHSFreedomAward .

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Congratulations to @Lin_Manuel on his well-deserved #USCHSFreedomAward . We're glad we were in the room where it happened! @HamiltonMusical

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Study of the #humanities teaches critical thinking, research skills, and the ability to synthesize and communicate complex ideas—it also prepares people to lead rich, varied, and rewarding personal & professional lives. Let’s hear from all the former humanities majors out there!

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In honor of #NAHM21 , @SecondGentleman Douglas Emhoff shares his appreciation for the #arts and #humanities and their power to inspire and unite the nation. #NAHM @WhiteHouse @US_IMLS @NEAarts

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We are thrilled to announce that last night the U.S. Senate confirmed Shelly C. Lowe as the next Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Please join us in congratulating #NEHChairLowe !

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The newly re-launched “Slave Voyages” website, an #NEHgrant -supported project, allows us to trace the journeys of more than 91,000 enslaved Africans forcibly transported to the Americas between 1514 and 1866 through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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5 things you didn't realize were funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities @SmithsonianMag #NEHMatters

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WE'RE BACK AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS! If you reached out during the shutdown, or plan on getting in touch with us this week, please be patient! We're working through a substantial work backlog and will respond to your queries as soon as we can. Thanks!

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Congratulations to U.S. poet laureate Amanda Gorman, who made history today as the nation’s youngest inaugural poet. In 2016, she was selected as a winner of the NEH-funded National Youth Spoken Word Ambassador Program. #InaugurationDay

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NEH announces $39.3 million for 245 humanities projects and programs. #NEHgrant

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"Without humanities and arts programs, I wouldn't be standing here today." - @Lin_Manuel #USCHSFreedomAward

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Today, #POTUS Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Navajo Nation citizen Shelly C. Lowe as the 12th Chair of @NEHgov . Lowe is the first Native American and second woman selected to lead NEH. Learn more, here

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A new addition to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database will include records of voyages completed within the #Americas instead of those only from #Africa . Made possible by an #NEHgrant to @ucsc in #California . #NEHinYourState

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NEH announces $28.1 million in #grants to support 204 #humanities projects, including initiatives on college campuses, conservation research, innovative digital resources, and infrastructure projects at cultural institutions across the country.

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Best-selling novelist and award-winning author Ann Patchett is recognized “for putting into words the beauty, pain, and complexity of human nature.” Learn more about the @ParnassusBooks1 owner, here: #ArtsHumanitiesMedals

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NEH Announces $30.9 Million for 188 Humanities Projects Nationwide:

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Announcing new NEH grants: $33 million will support 213 humanities projects across the country. #NEHgrant

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NEH Announces $29 Million for 215 Humanities Projects Nationwide

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NEH is excited to announce that we will be offering paid internships starting this summer. We are accepting applications from undergraduates and graduate students. Apply here:

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Today: @NEHgov announces $24.7 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 208 humanities projects nationwide. Grants will support #humanities initiatives at college campuses, innovative digital resources, infrastructure projects, and more:

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NEH Commits $1 Million to Cultural Organizations Impacted by Hurricane Harvey

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Now available: NEH emergency grants of up to $30,000 for cultural institutions impacted by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

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Federal investment in #NEH costs less than the price of a stamp per American per year. Its value? Priceless. Small investment, big impact.📖

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NEH announces new grant awards: $43.1 million for 218 humanities projects nationwide

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NEH awards $41.3 million in grants to support 280 #humanities projects nationwide. Includes funding for films, exhibitions, books, research, & education projects, & the first #NEHgrant awards in three new programs under the “American Tapestry” initiative.

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Today: @NEHgov announces $31.5 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 226 humanities projects nationwide. Grants will support #humanities research, preservation of historic collections, summer programs for teachers, exhibitions, documentaries, & more.

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The 19th Amendment was ratified #OTD in 1920, granting women the right to vote. Track the 100-year history of the hard-fought campaign for women’s suffrage, with this #NEHgrant -funded @PBS film. #TheVotePBS

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The Vote | American Experience | PBS

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative...

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NEH Announces $24 Million for 225 Humanities Projects Nationwide. Congrats to the new #NEHgrant recipients!

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NEH announces new grants: $22.2 million for 224 humanities projects across the country.

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NEH announces $33.17 million in new #NEHgrant awards to 245 #humanities projects. Awards will support historic collections, exhibitions, films, infrastructure, interdisciplinary curricula, scholarly research, and more:

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Federal investment in #NEH costs less than the price of a stamp per American per year. Its value? Priceless.

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NEH announces the NEH CARES: Cultural Organizations grant program, which will provide CARES Act emergency relief funding to cultural nonprofits up to $300,000 each.

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NEH Offers Emergency Relief Funding to Cultural Institutions Affected by Coronavirus

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NEH Announces $14.8 Million for 253 Humanities Projects Nationwide

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TODAY: NEH announces new grant awards — $28.4 million will support 239 #humanities projects across the country: #NEHgrant

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NEH announces new grants: $30 million for 238 humanities projects across the country.

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A $75 million supplement for NEH will provide emergency funding to projects at #humanities institutions such as -museums -libraries and archives -historic sites -colleges and universities -state humanities councils -other cultural nonprofits

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The humanities help shape us into the people we become. #WednesdayWisdom

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Science & humanities, a perfect pair. #WednesdayWidsom

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NEH announces $21.7 million for more than 200 humanities projects and programs. #NEHgrant #NEHmatters

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NEH announces $35.63 million in grants to support 258 #humanities projects nationwide. This includes the first round of awards under the new “Spotlight on Humanities in #HigherEd ” #NEHgrant program, part of the agency’s “American Tapestry” initiative.

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NEH awards $33.8 million in new grants to support 260 #humanities projects across the country. Includes funding for small museums, conservation science, #highered initiatives, digital tools, scholarly research, and humanities infrastructure. #NEHgrant

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Today, the National Endowment for the Humanities remembers @PBS Anchor #GwenIfill for her storytelling, passion, & extraordinary journalism.

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. @NEHgov is thrilled to announce the 2021 National Humanities Medal recipients, which include writers, historians, educators, and activists. Learn about the 12 distinguished humanists to be honored, here: #ArtsHumanitiesMedal

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"The blossom is the humanities." — @JohnLithgow #NEHmatters

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NEH Announces $40 Million in CARES Act Grants to Support Cultural Institutions Affected by Coronavirus:

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NEH statement on proposed FY 2021 budget:

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NEH Statement on Proposed FY 2021 Budget

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Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the #19thAmendment , which granted women the right to vote. Celebrate the #SuffrageCentennial with these #NEHgrant -funded resources. [Thread] #SuffrageCentennial #Suffrage100 #19that100

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Loving v. Virginia, which struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in America, was unanimously decided #OTD in 1967. Learn about the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, documented in an #NEH -funded film, in this article via @humanitiesmag :

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NEH Announces $12.8 Million for 253 Humanities Projects Nationwide

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NEH Announces $28.6 Million for 233 Humanities Projects Nationwide.

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Under the #AmericanRescuePlanAct @NEHgov will distribute $135 million in economic relief to cultural institutions and #humanities organizations affected by the pandemic.

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NEH Receives $135 Million to Distribute to Cultural Institutions Affected by the Pandemic

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#NEH grants support and highlight the humanities nationwide, fundamental in a modern democracy, for less than 50 cents per person annually.

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NEH Announces $18.6 Million for 199 Humanities Projects Nationwide

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Statement from Chairman Adams on the Proposed Elimination of NEH in FY18 Budget:

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TODAY: NEH awards $87.8 million in ARP relief funding for economic recovery to cultural and educational institutions: #SHARP #NAHM21

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The “musings of a 13-year-old schoolgirl” resonate 75 years later. Translated into 60 languages, The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most read books in the world. #HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember

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During the government shutdown, NEH is still accepting grant applications through the usual submission process. We cannot respond to any inquiries until funding is restored, but please check for upcoming deadlines at .

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. @HowardU will provide student training in archival methods, cataloguing, and digitization, leading to the establishment of an Africana Theatre and Dance Collection at Howard University. #NEHgrant

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When the #19thAmendment passed in the senate #OTD 100 years ago, “applause burst from the galleries & from the floor of the senate at the same time. No attention was paid to Senate rules. No attention was paid to the decorum of the Senate.” #19thAt100

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As #NEH Chairman Adams ( @humadv ) prepares to leave today, he wanted to reach out to you all with this message.

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Today, Navajo Nation citizen Shelly C. Lowe was sworn in as the 12th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Please join us in welcoming #NEHChairLowe !

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On September 29, 1965, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act was signed into law. #NEHbirthday

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Congratulations from @NEHgov to the latest cohort of #NEHgrant recipients! @IamSandraOh has a question for you… (from #TheChair @Netflix )

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Did you #OptOutside & go to a National Park today? Learn the history & watch @KenBurns The National Parks!

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Museums get about 850M visitors per year, more than all professional sporting events!

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#NEH is accepting grant applications according to our usual deadlines. Our operations remain the same. (1/3)

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Find out what NEH does and why its work matters so much to the American people. #NEHbirthday

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Check out the #NEHgrant -funded #CaravansOfGold exhibit, which tells the #history of the medieval Saharan trade system across West Africa from the 8th to 16th centuries, now on display online @si_africanart : #NAHM #NAHM21 #CaravansNMAfA

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Cooped up at home? Here are some amazing NEH-funded documentaries to pass the time while #socialdistancing !

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The @NMAAHC opens today! If you can't attend the historic dedication, watch it live: #APeoplesJourney

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Annually, around 2,400 teachers engage in #NEH sponsored summer programs, bringing what they learn to around 357,000 students. #NEHmatters

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. @librarycongress was founded #OTD ! #NEH has partnered with #LOC on many projects, such as #ChroniclingAmerica , where you can search America's historic newspapers from 1789 to 1963.

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Congratulations to #CarlaHayden for being sworn in as the new #LibrarianOfCongress today!

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. @GeorgeLucasILM : "The sciences are the 'how' & the humanities are the 'why' — why are we here, why we believe in the things we believe in"

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#WednesdayWisdom from 2013 Jefferson Lecturer, Martin Scorsese.

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While the Declaration of Independence established America as a new and separate country, the Constitution was drafted to unite the nation. Take a trip, cross country, with @PeterSagal , in the #NEH -funded “Constitution USA” docuseries. #July4th2020 #July4th

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At @TJMonticello , a #NEHgrant helped archaeologists shed light on the stories of 130 enslaved people. #NEHmatters

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To celebrate #EarthDay read about #JohnMuir , who taught us “to slow down and think about what we are doing,”

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Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery, was established #OTD in 1865. Texas was the last state to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, two years prior. Trace the history of emancipation with this #NEH -funded resource:

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A scholar, anthropologist, and academic pace-setter, Dr. @JohnnettaBCole is recognized “for being a celebrated leader of sanctuaries of higher learning and culture.” Learn about @SpelmanCollege 's first African American woman president, here:

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#MarthaNussbaum , world-renowned philosopher, will deliver her #JeffLec17 on “Powerlessness & the Politics of Blame”

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We're now 30,000 followers strong in support of the #humanities ! Head over to our website to learn more about #NEH and the work it does across the country:

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. @ColsonWhitehead is a @NYTimes bestselling author and two-time #PulitzerPrize -winning novelist. Whitehead is recognized “for his truth-seeking as an American literary icon.” Learn more about the @Harvard alum, here: #ArtsHumanitiesMedals

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Thanks to the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress and signed into law by @POTUS , @NEHgov will award $75 million in supplemental emergency funding to support cultural institutions & humanists impacted by #coronavirus . #humanities #COVID19

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Congratulations to #NEH 's Jon Parrish Peede who was nominated today as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Happy birthday to @librarycongress , the world’s largest library, established #OTD in 1800! Celebrate our partner agency by browsing through the @ChronAmLOC , a collection of historic newspapers dating back to 1770.

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More than 160,000 Allied troops stormed the Normandy coast on #DDay during #WWII #OTD in 1944. This @humanitiesmag article examines the correspondence between Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall as they planned for the invasion.

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Congratulations to Jon Parrish Peede, the new acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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More than 1/3 of Americans live in small towns/rural areas. @NEHontheRoad helps them see museum exhibits w/o getting on a plane. #NEHmatters

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Jazz singer #EllaFitzgerald was born #OTD . Explore @EDSITEment resources on Fitzgerald & jazz here: #JAM

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What's up, what's up, what's up @Lin_Manuel ? #USCHSFreedomAward

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On April 6, @NMAAHC will hold a workshop on arts & culture in the Civil Rights Movement as part of the #NEHgrant -funded “SNCC & Grassroots Organizing, Building a More Perfect Union” discussion program. Event features #SNCC veterans & historians. Register:

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A haven for black intellectuals, artists, and trailblazers—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. Watch @HBCUrising on February 19 on @PBS . #HBCURising

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Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director at @eji_org . Stevenson is recognized “for his moral call to redeem the soul of our Nation.” Learn about Stevenson and his advocacy work, here: #ArtsHumanitiesMedals

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Sociologist and @NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois was born #OTD in 1868. Discover nearly 95,000 of DuBois’s letters, books, essays, poems, photographs, and more in this #NEHgrant -funded digital resource at @SCUA_UMass .

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NEH announces $79 million for nearly 300 humanities projects and programs. #NEHgrant

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Ten university presses were awarded #NEHcares grants to help sustain scholarly #publishing and advanced #humanities research during the pandemic. #NEHgrant #universitypress

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The NEH congratulates the Humanities Commons on their first Birthday! Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials in the humanities at and read more about it from @NEH_ODH here: .

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October is National Arts & Humanities Month! Read the @WhiteHouse proclamation: #NationalHumanitiesMonth #NationalArtsMonth #NAHM #humanities #culture

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