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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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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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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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Biographer Candice Millard Speaks on the Assassination of James Garfield, Union General and U.S. President

Candice Millard is a leading biographer of James Garfield and the author of the 2011 book Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine…

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New York City Council Debates Structures to Mark 1863 Draft Riots

The New York City Council is considering requiring the erection of structures and interpretive signs marking the 1863 Draft Riots. A bill is now pending…

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William McKinley Coffee Break Memorial in Wilmington, Delaware

Yes, everyone in Wilmington, Delaware calls this memorial the “Coffee Break Monument” with a little bit of amusement. The monument shows the future president William…

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Slide Show With Instructions for Tagging National Park Exhibits for Removal for Violating Executive Order

I have been posting photos for the last six weeks that Interior Department staff have identified as National Park exhibits being in violation of President…

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Lincoln & Barnum Statues at Bethel, Connecticut, Library

Bethel in Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. While there are cities in the southern part of that county, the area around Bethel…

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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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