About The History List

The common thread through everything I've done is helping connect you to history. I started The History List Store in 2016 with our trademarked "History Nerd" design. Today we have hundreds of products and nearly everything you see is our own design and most products are made in America. In late 2023 I added Rare Finds. Announced in a special mailing that goes out across the country at 9 pm Eastern every Thursday night, these have ranged from a presidential appointment signed by President Thomas Jefferson and his Secretary of State, James Madison, to a report on Gettysburg National Cemetery owned by the man who designed the cemetery and that included his handwritten notate about standing near Lincoln when he gave his address, a striking poster about The Great War, and a hand-colored 1762 map of North America. The History List Your purchases support the operation and expansion of The History List, which helps attract new visitors and members to historic sites and history organizations across the country, and it's all provided free. I started The History List in 2011 in the Boston area and it's grown to become the largest list of history-related events and exhibits. With your help, it will continue to grow and expand across the country. History Camp I started History Camp in 2014. It is a ground-breaking event that brings together people from all walks of life. We have now put on History Camps in several cities and have done at least one every year, with the exception oRead their story