# Not Just a Month: The Case for Cultural History

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Podcast: [77 Flavors of Chicago](https://stenobird.com/podcast/77-flavors-of-chicago-4030002)
Published: 2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00
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It’s easy to roll your eyes at a heritage month. To assume it’s corporate. Performative. Political. A logo swap and a themed menu and then back to business as usual. But when you step back and really look at the data — at tourism dollars, small business revenue, museum attendance, school engagement, public programming — you start to see something deeper. Heritage months aren’t just symbolic. They move cities. They fund institutions. They spotlight artists, historians, chefs, and community lea...

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