Contents
First Impressions: Indigenous Oceans Day
Editor’s Desk: Interpreting—Home
Lucien Meadows
Grounded in Place: Honoring Ancestral Homelands in Interpreting 250 Years
Crystal De Soto-Schmidt *
Choosing Our Stories
Julia Pinnix
Heritage Leadership:
The Most Precious Resource: Truth in American Interpretation
Robert Stanton, Bill Gwaltney, Theresa Coble, and Chris Schott
“Truth” and “Sanity” in American History
Nathan Taxel
Places, Resources, and Experiences That Shape How We Interpret “the United States”
All Contributors
The “Empire of Liberty” Viewed from the “Shrine of Freedom”
Robert Healy
Stitches in Time: Women’s Roles and the Clothes that Shaped Them
Luetta Jean Coonrod
Nurturing Curiosity in Divided Times
Emily Jacobs, Kristin Robinson, and Monique Thompson
From the President:
America: Holding Pride and Pain at the Same Time
Parker McMullen Bushman
From the Executive Director:
Closing Remarks
Paul Caputo
* First-time contributor to Legacy.
Cover Photo: Exit Glacier at Kenai Fjords National Park is a site that dramatically teaches visitors about climate change. Read the article. Photo in the public domain.
Legacy
July/August 2026
Volume 37, Number 4
Editor
Lucien Meadows
Associate Editors
Gaynell Brady Dayamiris Candelario Paul Caputo Kylie Christian Christina Cid Liz Mueller Michael Romero
Editorial Advisors
Jose Chavez Theresa Coble CJ Greco
Brenda Lackey Julia Pinnix Sarana Schell Katie Shea Wiwien Tribuwani Copy Editor
Elizabeth Meyers Designer Emily McCowan
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