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  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Unlock Day 20: Discover the History of Pickles in NYC’s Lower East Side

  Travel to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and learn about pickling as part of Virtual Preservation Month. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate This Preservation Month, t…
  Brent Leggs, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 5:56 PM

A New Era of Justice

  The executive director for the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund sees opportunity in crisis. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Supporter, Pr…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 1:50 PM

What “Sheltering in Place” Means to Preservationists

  Plus, California’s Kwan Tai Temple teaches about the lives of Chinese Americans. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Sheltering in Place As people all over the world spend m…
  Geoff Handy, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Virtual Preservation Month: Thousands Have Already Signed Up

  It’s Day 12 of Virtual Preservation Month. Join thousands of other preservation lovers and sign up for daily alerts. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Su…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Redecorating? These Tips Will Help You Decide What’s Historically Appropriate

  Plus, 15 historical coloring books and pages you can download right now. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 7 Tips to Determine What is Historically Appropriate for Your Ho…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 11:20 PM

FW: Coming together for #GivingTuesdayNow

All gifts matched until midnight to save historic places MATCH MY GIFT On this important day of giving, I wanted to respectfully send a reminder about a special way to support historic preservation during #GivingTuesdayNow. We are humbled by the generosity …
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 7:01 PM

Coming together for #GivingTuesdayNow

All gifts matched to save historic places MATCH MY GIFT Dear Friend, At this time when we are all missing the places we love, I hope you had a chance this morning to enjoy a virtual walk through Lyndhurst in honor of #GivingTuesdayNow. Lyndhurst’s be…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 8:26 PM

Another display of collective generosity

  All gifts matched to save historic places (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)         Donate     Dear Preservation Supporter, Over the past month, I have been heartened to see the spirit of humani…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 2:48 PM

9 Ways People Are Supporting Main Street Businesses

  Plus, get ready for Virtual Preservation Month! (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 9 Ways People are Supporting Small Businesses During the Coronavirus Now more than ever, …
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 2:24 PM

Get Ready for Virtual Preservation Month

  Sign up to receive regular updates on the latest virtual experience. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate This May, Preservation Month is going virtual. Even though many hist…
  Carrie Villar, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 6:45 PM

History unlocked

  How historic sites across America are engaging and delighting people online. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Supporter, You’ve surely noticed the explo…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Stronger together

  The power of community in times of isolation (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)         Donate     Dear Preservation Supporter, Over the past month, as we’ve needed to socially distance ourselves…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 23, 2020 at 2:21 PM

Edith Farnsworth, Mies van der Rohe, and the Modern Marvel They Created

  Plus, saving Mother Nature’s peculiar gift to motorcar racing. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate "Broken Glass": Dr. Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and the Mo…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 6:39 PM

We’re witnessing history

  And finding courage from our past. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)         Donate     Dear Preservation Supporter, Just weeks ago at the National Trust, we were planning to celebrate Membershi…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 1:52 PM

11 Podcasts Perfect for Preservationists

  Plus, glorious gardens—the next stop in our Historic Sites virtual tour series. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 11 Great Podcasts for Historic Preservation Fans Looking …
  Patrice Frey, Main Street America · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 3:41 PM

How Main Street is Responding to the Coronavirus

  Patrice Frey, president and CEO of Main Street America, shares how small businesses nationwide are faring in the pandemic. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservat…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Check Out This Online Encyclopedia of U.S. Architecture

  Plus, take a visual tour through Historic Sites related to commerce and industry. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Check Out This Online Encyclopedia of U.S. Architecture…
  Katherine Malone-France, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 8, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Championing Preservation in Challenging Times

  Historic places sustain us. Hundreds of organizations help ensure this happens. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Supporter, Preservation is about partne…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 2:50 PM

13 Ways to “Edutain” Your Kids About Historic Preservation

  Plus, take a visual tour through four National Trust Historic Sites. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 13 Ways to “Edutain” Your Kids About History and Preservation With m…
  Katherine Malone-France, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 5:53 PM

How I (Safely) Toured Montpelier Yesterday

  The National Trust’s Chief Preservation Officer shares how the resilience of places can help guide us through this crisis. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservat…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 2:47 PM

We’re In This Together

  This week, check out resources, tips, and even recommended TV viewing to help you experience history virtually. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate We’re In This Together Du…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 8:40 PM

Places Sustain Us

  An update from National Trust President Paul Edmondson. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Supporter, At the National Trust, we focus on saving places but,…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 20, 2020 at 8:36 PM

Contact Congress Now to Save America’s Historic Sites

  Tell Congress to include the nonprofit museum community in the coronavirus emergency relief legislation. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Advocate, As y…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 18, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Where Women Made History: Coast to Coast

  Virtually explore fascinating places connected to women’s history. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate As we all navigate this uncertain and difficult time, we find ourselve…
  Paul Edmondson, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 13, 2020 at 10:30 PM

The National Trust’s Response to COVID-19

  Learn more about closures, cancellations, and other updates at our offices and historic sites. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Dear Preservation Supporter, Out of concern…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 12, 2020 at 1:53 PM

How This Quirky Building Transformed Into a B&B

  Plus, see the “best in show” at a National Trust Historic Site. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Memphis Couple Turns a Quirky Building Into a Home and B&B With the r…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 10, 2020 at 3:53 PM

Take Action: Urge Senators to Support Historic Investment in Our Cultural Heritage

  The Senate just introduced historic legislation to ensure funding for our national parks and historic places. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Last night, a bipartisan g…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM

We’ve Found 559 Places. Can You Help Us Find 441 More?

  Help us reach our goal during Women’s History Month. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate This January, as part of our work to tell the full American story, we set an ambitio…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Tell Richmond Mayor Stoney: Publicly Endorse the Memorial Park in Shockoe Bottom

  Is Shockoe Bottom sacred ground, or just real estate? (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate In downtown Richmond, Virginia, you’ll find Shockoe Bottom, the hallowed site of b…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Take a Retro Road Trip Through the Northeast

  Plus, a spotlight on Gerturde Vanderbilt Whitney’s New York studio. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Take a Retro Road Trip in the Northeast Your next road trip doesn't n…
  Elizabeth Bruns, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 8:15 PM

We’re almost there

We need 16 more Preservation Partners BECOME A PRESERVATION PARTNER Dear Friend, We’re nearing the end of our Monthly Donor Drive, and it’s encouraging to see supporters make a monthly commitment to saving places. But we haven’t reached our goal yet.…
  Elizabeth Bruns, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 9:26 PM

We’re almost there

We need 16 more Preservation Partners BECOME A PRESERVATION PARTNER Dear Friend, We’re nearing the end of our Monthly Donor Drive, and it’s encouraging to see supporters make a monthly commitment to saving places. But we haven’t reached our goal yet.…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 27, 2020 at 2:49 PM

How These 1950s California Apartments Escaped Demolition

  Plus, Oregon’s King of Roads takes the scenic route to revival. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate California Dreamin’ at Lincoln Place Apartments It’s hard to imagine anyo…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 4:34 PM

Want Another Way to Hear from the National Trust?

  Just text PLACES to 52886 to join us. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate   On your phone already? Fill out this quick form and we’ll get you added to our list.   SIGN UP   …
  Elizabeth Bruns, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 8:57 PM

Three small words

And how preserving places keeps our stories alive BECOME A PRESERVATION PARTNER Dear Friend, There are three powerful words that always pique my attention whenever I’m listening to a story, whether it’s a personal narrative or a recounting of histor…
  Elizabeth Bruns, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 21, 2020 at 5:53 PM

Historic places require commitment

Help us keep their stories alive BECOME A PRESERVATION PARTNER Dear Friend, From ancient lands to revolutionary landmarks to Civil War sites, most historical places were part of America’s story long before we were born. Thanks to the dedicated indivi…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 2:50 PM

Which Frank Lloyd Wright Building Are You?

  Plus, tour Nina Simone’s childhood home (virtually). (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Which Frank Lloyd Wright Building Are You? If you've ever wondered which Frank Lloyd…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 19, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Find Unique Places Near You!

  Our Distinctive Destinations program is the perfect way to discover historic places of all shapes and sizes. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Find Unique Places Near You …
  Elizabeth Bruns, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 18, 2020 at 11:26 PM

How you can help

Unique new benefits for Preservation Partners BECOME A PRESERVATION PARTNER Dear Friend, The America we know today is made up of the people and stories of our past and the places where history happened. You might just say historic places are part of …
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 14, 2020 at 5:22 PM

You’re Our Valentine!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day! We couldn’t pass up this opportunity to share some love with you—our family of friends and supporters. Your passion for America’s historic places is preserving the irreplaceable and connecting us all through the history,…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 13, 2020 at 2:52 PM

14 Must-Visit Lighthouses in the U.S.

  Plus, the most romantic gifts from historic house museums and sites. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 14 Must-Visit Lighthouses Across the U.S. Even though it’s winter, i…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Get to Know Mike Wolfe of “American Pickers”

  Plus, the newly rehabbed Formosa Cafe dives into Hollywood’s past. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Back Story: Mike Wolfe, American Picker Nobody knows small-town Americ…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 30, 2020 at 2:50 PM

The Fight to Preserve African-American History

  Plus, America’s least-visited national parks. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate The Fight to Preserve African-American History The February 3, 2020 issue of The New Yorker…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 6:42 PM

We’ve Found 193 Places. Can You Help Us Find 807 More?

  There’s still time to share a place where women made history. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate This year, as the United States celebrates the 100th anniversary of women e…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 2:48 PM

A Brief History of Bauhaus Architecture

  Plus, photos from Alaska’s historic roadhouses. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate A Brief History of Bauhaus Architecture The German design school is considered the most i…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 3:33 PM

Help Us Find 1,000 Places Where Women Made History

  What places should the world know about? (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate This year, as the United States celebrates the 100th anniversary of women earning the right to v…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 2:51 PM

15 Awesome Preservation-Themed Movies

  Plus, a Vermont ski area stays true to its roots. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate 15 of Our Favorite Preservation-Themed Movies While there’s no substitute for visiting …
  Kimberly Skelly, National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 11:32 PM

Happy New Year and Thank You

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  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM

Update: U.S. Government Confirms It Will Not Target Iran’s Cultural Sites

  Plus, the mansions that inspired The Great Gatsby. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate Update: U.S. Government Confirms It Will Not Target Iran’s Cultural Sites Earlier this…
  National Trust for Historic Preservation · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Take Action: Urge the U.S. Government to Protect Iran’s Cultural Heritage Sites

  When we destroy culture anywhere, we destroy culture everywhere. (To ensure delivery, please add [email protected] to your address book.)     Join Renew Donate We at the National Trust for Historic Preservation urge the U.S. govern…