The Preserving Memory Seminars bring together park professionals, stakeholders, and partners for 3 days to discuss real case studies in public history and the challenges of presenting resource management strategies and complex historical narratives to the public. Participants examine lessons learned and controversies associated with "razor's edge" stories and then relate the overall discussion to a site specific situation presented by the host park.

Workshop Reports
Preserving Memory:
Reflections On A Year of Public History Seminars (PDF)
by Edward T. Linenthal, Fall 2003

Report from Workshop held December 6 – 8, 2001 in New York City (PDF)

Preserving Memory: Seminars in the Preservation and Presentation of History for National Park Service Managers (PDF)

Biography: Edward T. Linenthal
Dr. Linenthal has spent his career exploring how history is created and conveyed in the public arena. He is the author of numerous publications including Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battlefields (1994), Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Memorial (1995), and The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in the American Memory (2001), among many other titles and articles.

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