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Who Do We Think We Are?
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. In just eight years, the United States of America will commemorate its 250th anniversary. On July 4, 2026, the…
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A Duty to the Past, a commitment to the Future
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. Five million. That is the number of manuscripts, photographs, books, maps, architectural drawings, and artifacts held by the Georgia Historical Society. From the seed planted…
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When History and Memory Collide
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. A recent study by the National Assessment of Education Progress reveals the sad fact that only 18 percent of middle school students are proficient in…
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A Date worth Remembering
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. Twenty years ago this summer the Georgia Historical Society regained control over its destiny and fundamentally changed how GHS fulfilled its mission and how history…
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Maintaining a State of Innovation
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) has become a common buzzword in the field of education. The acronym was forged a few years ago by…
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Strength for the Ages
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. In recent years, we have all heard and read stories about tremendous financial difficulties that have led venerable non-profit institutions to the brink of collapse….
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Strength for the Ages
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. Originally published in Georgia History Today, Volume 10, Numbers 1&2. In recent years, we have all heard and read stories about tremendous financial…
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We Have Nothing to Fear From the Past
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. A colleague recently told me about a student in Poland who wrote to him before the fall of the Iron Curtain begging for American history…
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Heeding the Lessons of the Past
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. The 1980s marked the beginning of the most explosive economic expansion in our state’s history. The recession of the late 2000s slowed the pace of…
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The Right Leaders for the Job
by W. Todd Groce, Ph.D. There’s an old saying that an organization is only as good as the people who lead it. That’s why the Georgia Historical Society has been…
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