dr. frank smith receives visionary historian award

Dr. Frank Smith, founder of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, received the Historical Society of Washington, DC's annual Visionary Historian Award last night.  

"The Visionary Historian Award is presented to an individual whose lifetime body of work represents the highest achievement in the study of Washington, D.C. and related history."

congratulations!!!

To learn more about the award, click here.

For live tweets of the event, click here.

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Full disclosure:  Dr. Frank Smith is executive director of The African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation, the fiscal sponsor of dc1968's HumanitiesDC grant.