Month: August 2022
New Statue of African American Woman Who Ended Slavery in Massachusetts Unveiled in Sheffield
The new Elizabeth Freeman statue was unveiled today in Sheffield, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Freeman was an enslaved Black woman who sued in 1783 to…
Sheffield, Mass. Unveiling Statue Today of Woman Who Helped End Slavery in Massachusetts
Sheffield, Mass. will be the scene of the unveiling of a statue of Elizabeth Freeman, a Black woman whose courageous actions led to the abolition…
1873 Colfax Massacre Subject of New Public Broadcasting Film
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded it largest grant in a newly announced set of funds to a new feature-length documentary called The Colfax…
New Florida Teacher Training Now Ignores Reconstruction Says News Report
Tampa’s News Channel 8 reports that the new curriculum trainings for Florida social studies teachers leaves out the Reconstruction Era. The trainings, organized by the…
Free African American Weeksville Community in Brooklyn Photo Tour
Weeksville was a free Black community established in Brooklyn before the Civil War. In the 1850s the community had 500 people living in it, about…
Concert Celebrating U.S. Grant Trip Around the World After His Presidency August 18
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis has been holding concerts recalling Grant’s trip around the world after his presidency. The concerts…
Herald Square: The History of New York’s Civil War and Reconstruction Era’s Most Popular Newspaper
I have been taking a lot of photos this month of Civil War sites in New York City and its suburbs. Today, instead of looking…
The Fifteen Most Popular Civil War/Reconstruction Related National Historic Sites
A National Historic Site (NHS) is a nationally recognized site, usually centered around a single building, recognized by the National Park Service as a site of…
The 128th NY Volunteer Infantry Monument in Poughkeepsie, NY
The monument to the 128th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was erected in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1908. The regiment was raised in Dutchess and…
Kent Masterson Brown Wins Emerging Civil War Book Award for “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command”.
Kent Masterson Brown has won the Emerging Civil War Book Award for his new volume Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command. According to the…
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