Month: September 2022
Henry Ward Beecher Monument to Abolitionist Reverend in Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo Tour
My wife’s church is a block away from the Henry Ward Beecher Statue in Brooklyn. I stopped by his monument before services last Sunday. Beecher…
Program on Grant Cottage-A Story of Family Devotion at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Near St. Louis
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis, Missouri is holding a program on the Grant Cottage, where the former president completed his…
Exhibit of Paintings of United States Colored Troops Opens in Lexington Park Md.
I received this press release of a new exhibit that people near Lexington Park, Maryland may want to visit. The U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Interpretive…
Planned Fayetteville Museum of Civil War and Reconstruction Hearing at Fayetteville City Council
The City of Fayetteville has played a big role in getting a planned museum on the Civil War and Reconstruction underway. The new museum was…
Stone Mountain Still a Lost Cause Shrine
In the Spring of 2021, the state agency managing Stone Mountain in Georgia promised to begin altering the Lost Cause presentation of the Civil War…
Video: The Port Royal Experiment Talk by Ranger Chris Barr on How Coastal Carolina Was an Experiment in Black Freedom
Chris Barr is back with a new short video on the “Port Royal Experiment.” This is how Beaufort, South Carolina and the nearby islands were…
Video: Ranger Chris Barr Explains the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort, South Carolina and When Stuff Happened
National Park Ranger Chris Barr is very well-respected among Civil War and Reconstruction Era students. Last month Reconstruction Era National Park began releasing short videos…
Civil War Monuments in Biddeford Maine & Local Graves of Veterans
My last stop during my August trip to the Southeast Maine Coast was in Biddeford, Maine. Today, this is a bustling city with both a…
Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught
The New York Review of Books has a review by Eric Foner of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National…
West Point Historian Brigadier General (Ret.) Ty Seidule On the Persistence of Confederate Icons in Modern America
Retired West Point historian and brigadier general Ty Seidule spoke with The Guardian recently about the persistence of Confederate iconography in modern America. Here are…
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