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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Announces Resignation After Year and a Half of Pressure from White House
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced today that he is resigning at the end of this year. Bunch has been trying to defend the Smithsonian from…
Panel Explaining Arlington Confederate Monument Removed in Preparation for Re-erection of Controversial Lost Cause Memorial
The Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery is scheduled to be reinstalled in 2027. The monument, a tribute to Confederates who fought against the United…
New Washington Arch to Begin Construction in Two Weeks Next to Arlington National Cemetery
After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision this week allowing the Trump Administration to build the 250 foot high “Triumphal Arch” next to Arlington National Cemetery,…
National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland
When I was a boy, we would travel to Civil War battlefields. While visiting these parks, I would see hardly a mention of medical care…
National Museum of Civil War Medicine Begins Major Revamp
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine has embarked on a $3.5 million revamp of its galleries. The museum in Frederick, Maryland is thirty years…
Senator Tillman On the Need to Stop Blacks From Voting During Reconstruction and in the 20th Century
Senator Ben Tillman was a Confederate veteran who became the governor and senator of South Carolina. Four decades after the Civil War he provided an…
Civil War Memorial in Greene, New York
Greene, New York is a small town today and it was even smaller during the Civil War. Lying along the Chenango River, up until 1812…
How a Law Professor Described the Klan to His Students
This year I have offered a look at the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. I wrote about the Klan’s Constitution, the commercialization of the Klan, and…
Echoes of Reconstruction: When South Carolina’s University Educated Both Black and White
Henry E. Hayne was born free in 1840 to a Free Colored Woman named Mary, and James Hayne, a wealthy white man. He lived in Charleston…
Call Your Senators and Congressperson to Support Our National Parks This Week
Over the last two years 25% of our National Park staff, including Rangers and support staff, have been cut throughout the nation at our National…