Leadership is changing,
but HistoryAmerica TOURS marches on!

On January 1, 2010, complete ownership of HistoryAmerica transfers to Sharon McDermott. With Sharon's nearly 30 years of experience in the tour business, we are confident that HAT will continue to provide the high quality tours that travelers expect. Sharon looks forward with anticipation to "taking you where history happened."

The future of HistoryAmerica from Sharon:

We are about to enter the decade of the sesquicentennial, dealing with the history of our country's most intense period of conflict and internal strife, beginning with the Civil War in the east and ending with the Indian wars in the west. The 1860s was also the beginning of the great transportation and communication systems of the transcontinental railroad, the Pony Express, and the Pacific Telegraph. Everything that happened in the 1860s determined to a great degree what course the nation would take, and we plan to be there when these events are remembered.

As HistoryAmerica enters this new period, I plan to continue with the company's signature battlefield tours. I also plan to widen the scope of programs to include more social and cultural history, opportunities for visits and learning experiences in the arts and sciences, with an emphasis on understanding underlying values and why things happened, as well as when and where. As HAT moves forward I welcome your ideas and suggestions. To HistoryAmerica, the future is the past.

There will be more information about tours in 2010 and beyond within the next month. Check back here in late January.

Seasons Greetings to all and a hopeful New Year!

Thank You

Michael and Georgia O'Connor would like to say thank you to all the special people: historians, tour directors, and travelers, whom we have met during our three years with HistoryAmerica. The people have been a bonus beyond any expectation. What a wonderful experience it has been. We now say aloha, as we will certainly see many of you on HAT tours in the future.

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Updated on 19-Dec-2009