Month: June 2022
Workshops That Teach New Florida History Standards Said to Distort Past
New standards for teaching civics in Florida have led to the establishment of three-day programs across the state to instruct social studies teachers in how…
Camp Nelson National Monument Living History Weekend June 25-26, 2022
This weekend the Camp Nelson National Monument at 6614 Danville Road Loop 2 Nicholasville, Kentucky will host two days of living history that will focus…
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Presidents Ranked According to Historians
The C-SPAN ranking of presidents by historians was released half-a-year ago, but it has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately. I…
Artist Kara Walker Depicts Slavery in Steam Calliope
A new artwork in the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall is Kara Walker’s steam calliope which depicts slavery in the United States before (and…
June 26, 2022 Program: Slavery at White Haven on Slaves at Grant’s Farm in Missouri
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 3:30 PM there will be a tour of Ulysses S. Grant’s property at White Haven near St. Louis on…
Fort Defiance in Tennessee Dedicates a Statue to USCT on Juneteenth
On Juneteenth a new statue honoring the United States Colored Troops (USCT) was unveiled at Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center in Clarksville,…
List of “Asians and Pacific Islanders” Who Served in the Civil War
The National Park Service has posted a document prepared during the Civil War Sesquicentennial that lists all Asians and Pacific Islanders whose Civil War service…
Grant200 Program on Grant and Horses at His St. Louis Home June 25, 2022
Whitehaven, Ulysses S. Grant’s St. Louis home, is having a program on Grant’s life with horses as part of its celebration of the Grant Bicentennial….
New Monument to USCT Dedicated in Ypsilanti On Juneteenth Holiday
On the Federal Juneteenth holiday on Monday, a new monument to the United States Colored Troops was unveiled in Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Pictured…
As Black Power Grew, Violence Increased to Suppress It
Clyde W. Ford is an award-winning author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is Of Blood and Sweat:…
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