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James Buchanan Mansion Lancaster, Pennsylvania
In June of 2026 I was able to visit the mansion of our fifteenth president, James Buchanan, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This is about an hour…
Using the Media to Try to Control the Klan
By the time of 1868’s presidential campaign, the Ku Klux Klan had fastened itself onto America’s political imagination. In early 1866 the Klan did…
Civil War Memorial Bainbridge, New York
When you are driving in Upstate New York you will often find Civil War monuments in the smallest of towns. This one is in Bainbridge,…
Kommercialization of the KKK: How Businesses and Charities Kashed In
I have been posting about Reconstruction for the last five years on Emerging Civil War, and several readers have asked me why so few of…
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…