Ever since Trump issued Executive Order 14 253 (&ldquo\;Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History&rdquo\;)\, fed eral institutions from the Smithsonian to the National Park Service have f aced immense pressure to whitewash America&rsquo\;s uncomfortable history. But American ghosts will not allow it. Interweaving historical narrative with supernatural tales\, Betsy explains places haunted by both literal sp irits and historical trauma&mdash\;the exact kinds of histories currently targeted by federal policy. At a time when the powers that be are trying t o erase the stories of the past\, it's more important than ever to listen to ghosts!
\nBetsy Gaines Quammen is a historian and award-winning w riter. She is fascinated by how cultural views shape relationships to land scape&mdash\;and she loves a good ghost story! Betsy received a PhD from M ontana State University\, where she studied religion\, history\, and the p hilosophy of science. Her dissertation focused on Mormon history and the r oots of armed public land conflicts in the United States.
\nBetsy's work has appeared in the New York Times\, New York Daily News\, and the Hi story News Network. She is the author of This Haunted Land\, American Zion \, and True West. She lives in Bozeman\, Montana\, with her husband\, writ er David Quammen\, three big dogs\, a sturdy cat\, and a lanky rescue pyth on. \;
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\nLecture takes place at Museum of the Rockies\, Hager Auditorium.&n bsp\;
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