Today's my birthday, a few days after America's 250th. Birthdays have a way of making you look back at how you got here and forward to what's next.

One thing I'm looking back on: last week's episode on Sarah Rosetta Wakeman brought over 5,000 new people to our platforms. (Actually, that number climbed past 7,000 between when this is being posted, and when I recorded this video.) If that's how you found us, welcome!

I'm J.R. Hardman, the Reenactress. I'm the host of "Keeping the Hysteria in American History" and the director of Reenactress, a documentary about what becoming a living historian has taught me about how we remember our American story. This video introduces both, for anyone who wants to know more who's telling you these stories. There's more of my story coming soon, too!

Thanks for being here, whether you just found us or you've been with us since the beginning.

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