Month: April 2025
Sherman’s March Helped Bring a Georgia Family Together
When Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea on November 15, 1864, many Georgians greeted the Union armies as deliverers from…
Indiana Lt. Governor Praises “3/5ths Compromise” to U.S. Constitution Which Supported Slavery
Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith of Indiana went on record to praise the “3/5ths Compromise” in the United States Constitution. He did it when Democrats compared…
Protest at Gettysburg Against National Park Cutbacks
As many of you know, the National Park Service has either fired or had staff members take early retirement for more than 10% of the…
Civil War Dead Monument of Concord Massachusetts
I went to Concord, Massachusetts for the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. As you likely know, the first actions of that…
DOGE Stops Funding of Whitney Plantation Which Tells the Story of Enslaved Blacks
The Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana was founded in 1752. It contained dozens of enslaved African Americans until the Civil War broke out. In 2014…
DOGE Is Given Even More Power Over National Parks and Historic Sites
DOGE has reduced staffing at the National Park Service by more than 10% over the last three months, but on Thursday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum…
Civil War Monuments at Lexington, Massachusetts-Where the Revolution Started
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775, two hundred and fifty years ago. This is the start of the Revolutionary…
Federal Government Stops Funding “National History Day” Just Nine Weeks Before It Is To Take Place
The president has stopped funding for National History Day just nine weeks before the event takes place. National History Day had already gotten contracts for…
Historian Elizabeth Varon on Replacing History With Myth at Appomattox
Elizabeth Varon is a noted Civil War historian at the University of Virginia. Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War…
Civil War Sesquicentennial Monument Cranbury New Jersey
In my search for Civil War monuments, I have visited many that were erected soon after Appomattox, but I have also discovered quite a few…