November 12, 2025
The Lincoln-Omaha Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming March event. The Society will screen the film The Lost King (2023) in a film theater on the University of Nebraska’s campus. The film tells the story of how an amateur historian and archaeologist, Philippa Langley, convinced British archaeologists that the body of King Richard III lies buried under a parking lot in the center of Leicester. Immediately following the lecture, the Society will stream live from Britain, Philippa Langley herself (played by Sally Hawkins in the film) who will deliver a short lecture about the discovery and also her current research on one of the great puzzles of the British monarchy, the location of the “Princes in the Tower”, who supposedly King Richard III had slain while they were imprisoned within the Tower of London. Ms. Langley will also participate in a Q & A with audience members.
The Nashville Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming spring outreach events – an Odyssey themed screen-writing workshop, building awareness of AIA-Nashville Society Book Club, and resupplying successful AIA-Nashville Society polychromy program supplies. In July 2026, the Society will partner with the Parthenon in celebrating the release of Christopher Nolan’s film version of The Odyssey with a variety of collaborative educational programs. Among these programs, they will sponsor a screen-writing workshop, in which participants will learn about adapting Greek literature and myths for film. The Society also has a quarterly book club and part of the grant will be going towards additional signage. Finally, the Society has a “Polychromy at the Parthenon” learning program and part of the grant will go towards new supplies to further expand this program. In 2023, the Nashville Society won an award from the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) for the adaptation of the polychromy Art Cart to virtual school program. Read more here.
The Princeton Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming April event. The event will consist of a guided tour of the historic section of the Princeton Cemetery that will last about an hour and a half. The tour will be guided by Linda Gilmore, the Business Manager of the Nassau Presbyterian Church and a historian of the cemetery, who is eager to share her passion for this historic setting with the community. The foundation of the Princeton Cemetery is deeply connected to the history of the Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton University, and the larger local community originally settled in the late 17th century.
