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The Reconstruction Era Ku Klux Klan Constitution
The “first” American terrorist organization is believed to be the Ku Klux Klan. Although later Klan lore said the group was founded at Christmas 1865,…
A Senator’s Wife Sees Her Husband Arrested for Lincoln’s Murder
Virginia Clay was there when her husband was arrested by the Union forces after the surrender of the Confederate armies in 1865. She was married…
“40 Acres & A Lie” Podcast On The Taking Away Of Land Distributed to Free African Americans Episode 1
“40 Acres & A Lie” is podcast from NPR on Sherman’s order giving land to freedmen on the Sea Islands in 1865. This is a…
White Haven U.S. Grant’s St. Louis Missouri Home
White Haven is the St. Louis home where Ulysses S. Grant lived from 1854 until 1859. After Grant graduated from West Point, he was stationed…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Richfield Springs, N.Y.
Just fourteen miles northwest of Cooperstown, Richfield Springs originally developed around its naturally occurring sulphur water springs. The springs had claims to various health benefits,…
The Reflecting Pool & The Deception Of The Interior Department
Jeanine Pirro dropped vandalism charges against four visitors arrested for vandalizing the now-famous Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Much of the media…
Washington Arch Will Interfere With Nine Civil War Commemoration Sites
The proposed 250-foot-tall triumphal arch proposed by President Trump will interfere with 37 other historic sites in Washington according to an assessment by the National…
Senator Ben Tillman Explains Why the Vote Was Taken Away from African Americans in South Carolina
Benjamin Tillman, better know as “Pitchfork Ben,” was a former Confederate who had risen to prominence as one of the most ruthless partisans of white…
“Historians” David and Tim Barton Helped Set Off the Attack on the Smithsonian
David and Tim Barton are a father and son team of “historians.” David Barton was named an expert content advisor to the Texas State Board…
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…