On Tuesday, a House Homeland Security Subcommittee held a hearing focusing on border and maritime security challenges and metrics for measuring progress.

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Experts discussed how America has changed 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the disparities that still exist, at an event hosted by the New America Foundation and Washington Monthly Magazine.

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Mayors and experts discussed opportunities and challenges in the U.S.-Mexico border region at an event hosted by NDN and the New Policy Network on Friday in Washington, D.C

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The history of the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans is told at the Gilmore Cabin on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier in Virginia.  Born a slave for President Madison in 1810, George Gilmore and his wife Polly raised five children on a small sharecropper farm after emancipation.  Built by George Gilmore and his sons, the cabin is one of only a few existing freedman's homes left standing in the United States.

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Author and historian Mark Grimsley explains how American military conflicts through history have contributed to the formation and understanding of racial identities. He discusses the roles of African Americans on both the Union and Confederate sides of the Civil War. Mr. Grimsley spoke at the 2012 Civil War Institute Conference at Gettysburg College.

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History professor Caroline Janney addresses how slavery and emancipation played into the process of post-war reconciliation. She also discusses the experiences and memories of Northern and Southern veterans in the war’s aftermath. Ms. Janney spoke at the 2012 Civil War Institute Conference at Gettysburg College.

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Retired General and Former Head of the CIA David Petraeus testified at closed classified hearings on the events leading up to and following the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. Following the hearings, members responded to the closed to the public discussions.

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Columbia University hosted a discussion on women’s issues in this year’s election and how those issues may be addressed during the upcoming Congress.

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Former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, Ambassadors and experts in foreign policy discuss the top national security and policy issues for 2013, including economic competitiveness and the lingering effects of the Arab Spring.

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Historians discuss the circumstances, outcomes, and ongoing considerations of emancipation. They first place President Lincoln’s September 1862 issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the context of the War, then broaden out to discuss how Americans think and talk about emancipation and its echoes today. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History hosted this event.

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