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Civilian Reports on National Park “Wokeness” Are Released

Right after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, he issued one of his first Executive Orders commanding the the National Park System restore “sanity”…

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Bunker Hill Monuments Set to Lose Quotes From the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

The National Park Service exhibition at the Bunker Hill Monument is undergoing changes in response to President Trump’s 2025 Executive Order “Restoring Sanity” in the…

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Grant Cottage Having Community Day June 13 Near Saratoga New York With Free Tours

The Grant Cottage near Saratoga is having a free day to visit and enjoy more than a dozen activities. This day has programs for both…

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Sample Comment on the Triumphal Arch at Arlington National Cemetery

In yesterday’s post I discussed the need for you to submit comments on the proposed Triumphal Arch across from the Lincoln Memorial. Several people asked…

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Last Chance to Comment on New Arch Being Proposed for Washington Before It’s Approval

The Trump Triumphal Arch already has a design that is controversial because of its aesthetic qualities and because of where it would be placed. The…

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Salisbury Soldiers’ Monument Conn.

Salisbury, Connecticut is a small town in the Litchfield Hills just an hour from New York City. It was first settled by Europeans in 1720….

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House Rejects President’s Massive Cuts to National Park Service

The House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior rejected yet another year of massive cuts to the National Park Service Budget (NPS) for 2027. The…

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Where Varina and Winne Davis Lived After Jefferson Davis’s Death

A fine hotel from the 19th Century where Varina Davis and her daughter Winnie lived after Jefferson Davis’s death is still standing and is a…

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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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Ireland Famine Monument Dublin

Most Americans have at least heard of Ireland’s “Potato Famine” during which one million died of hunger and related diseases and another million fled Ireland…

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