Month: May 2025
Posted in Abolitionists African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Book Reviews Lincoln Slavery Underground Railroad White Supremacy
Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History
On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…
Federal Government Proposes 38% Cut in Funds to National Parks and Closing Some Down
The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Hackensack New Jersey
I was at a funeral in Hackensack, New Jersey and I found that near the funeral home there was a Civil War monument. Usually I…