Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Stacy Schiff chronicles the life of Samuel Adams, the relentless agitator who shaped public opinion and pushed the colonies toward independence. #WeAreAmerica250
Jan John is a retired sales executive, active volunteer in local Maine politics, Social Security beneficiary, and dog lover. Jan John reveals how pioneering Labor Secretary Frances Perkins fought to create Social Security benefits during the Great Depression. #WeAreAmerica250
Monica Land is a journalist, producer, and niece of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer. Land remembers the inspiring life of the Mississippi voting rights activist who asked “Is this America?” #WeAreAmerica250
United States Representative Joe Morelle of New York explores the impact of the Pujo Committee’s 1910s examination of consolidation in American banking. #WeAreAmerica250
United States Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusetts recounts the life of A Wang, the Chinese American computer engineer who invented magnetic core memory and embraced an ethic of philanthropy. #WeAreAmerica250
Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, Columbia University Engineering Professor, and New York Times Bestselling Author. Massimino explains how the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of outer space and serves as a testament to American ingenuity. #WeAreAmerica250
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack E. Davis is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Florida. Davis honors the Everglades, the Florida wetland known for its astounding beauty, and highlights the conservationism that ensured its protection. #WeAreAmerica250
@govandybeshear.bsky.social of Kentucky tells the story of Man o’ War, the prolific thoroughbred race horse who helped restore Americans’ faith in the country after World War I. #WeAreAmerica250
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@btarrington.bsky.social is a historian, writer, veteran, and Executive Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He's the former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Arrington tells of the message Eisenhower drafted before D-Day, should the invasion have failed. #WeAreAmerica250
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Roxana Robinson is an award-winning novelist, biographer, scholar, and the great-great-great niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Robinson recounts how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” changed how millions of Americans thought about human enslavement. #WeAreAmerica250
