Month: June 2021
Civil War Institute Panel on “Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory”
Carol Reardon’s book Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory is a Gettysburg classic. A discussion of the book is the kick-off panel for this year’s…
Senate Unanimously Approves Juneteenth as Federal Holiday
Juneteenth was unanimously approved by the Senate as the next Federal Holiday on Tuesday. Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Ed…
New Book on How Historic Sites Tell the Story of Slavery and Civil War Hits #1 on Bestseller List
Clint Smith’s new book How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America topped the New York Times Bestseller list…
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon Reed published by Liveright (2021) 151 pages. Juneteenth is now widely celebrated. In many places it is a holiday. It…
Book on Overthrow of Reconstruction in Wilmington Wins Pulitzer and Book on Civil War in Southwest Named Finalist
A book about the late ending of Reconstruction in Wilmington, North Carolina received a Pulitzer Prize on Friday and another book on the Civil War…
Visiting Thad Stevens Sites Near Gettysburg With WaPo
Visitors to Gettysburg may want to take in the sites connected to one of its most famous residents, Thad Stevens. The bio-pic Lincoln gave Tommy…
Black Celebration Day of New Won Citizenship Turns to Bloody Night in Norfolk in April, 1866
This is the story of a night of horror that began as celebration of the recognition of the citizenship of Black people. The death toll…
New Yorker: Should Dred Scott Decision Be Taught in Law School?
The New Yorker has an essay on the trend in some law schools to no longer have students read the entire Dred Scott Decision in…
David Reynolds Wins Lincoln Prize for Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
From the sponsors of the Lincoln Prize: Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has named David S. Reynolds, author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln…
Francis Parkman Prize Goes to New Work on Nat Turner
The prestigious Francis Parkman Prize is awarded annually by the Society of American Historians to a nonfiction work of history on an American theme published…
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