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Around the Web June 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Last month was a very unusual time of life for me. I was hit with a stroke four weeks ago. This is my first blog…

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Eight Sites Become the Latest Additions to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

The National Park  Service has announced the addition of eight new sites for the Reconstruction Era  National Historic Network. Here is the announcement from the…

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National Portrait Gallery Presents “Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers”

The National Portrait Gallery Presents “Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers” on View June 23–June 9, 2024. This is an exhibition of Civil…

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Exeter Town Hall Site of Lincoln’s 1860 Speech Photo Tour

I go up to New Hampshire every four years to observe the New Hampshire Primary first hand. In 2016 I went too the prep school…

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