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Garden of Heroes Tied to Civil War and Reconstruction

Last year, Donald Trump issued an authorization of a 2021 Executive Order commanding that a Garden of Heroes in Washington for the 250th Anniversary of…

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Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky

PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…

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Posted in 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Abolitionists Civil Rights Acts Civil War

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Wins Pulitzer for History

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, by Jill Lepore (Liveright) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History. About a third of the…

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Wilmington Delaware Soldiers And Sailors Monument

Wilmington is a small city in the north of Delaware. At the time of the Civil War, there were more than 21,000 people living there….

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Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery

Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…

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Monument to the Immigrants Who Died in Long Island Shipwreck

Many of us have swum off Nassau Beach at Nickerson County Park in Long Beach. If you had been there in the second and third…

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Wayne County New York Civil War Memorial To Be Dedicated on August 22, 2026

The Wayne County Historical Society in Wayne County New York has announce that a new Civil War monument will be unveiled this summer at the…

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Harriet Tubman Sites in Cambridge, Maryland

The most photographed mural of Harriet Tubman is at 424 Race St, Cambridge, MD. The small city is just ten miles north of Harriet Tubman…

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Close Look at the Court’s Opinion that Slavery Panels Be Put Back Up at President’s House in Philly

Note: This page is under construction and should be finished May 10, 2026 On February 16, 2026 a Federal Court issued and order telling the…

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South Carolina’s Senate Passes Bill Banning QR Codes at Historical Monuments and Sites

The Senate of South Carolina passed a new bill, S. 508, that will ban several manners of historical interpretation at monuments in the state. I…

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