Month: July 2026
“Historians” David and Tim Barton Helped Set Off the Attack on the Smithsonian
David and Tim Barton are a father and son team of “historians.” David Barton was named an expert content advisor to the Texas State Board…
Monument to the Immigrants Who Died in Long Island Shipwreck
Many of us have swum off Nassau Beach at Nickerson County Park in Long Beach. If you had been there in the second and third…
Camp Nelson National Monument Kentucky Where Colored Troops Trained and Their Families Were Expelled
Last month I posted pictures of a whole lot of Civil War and Reconstruction sites from a Confederate cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, to General Grant’s…
Should the Smithsonian Have Warning Signs Put Up Outside Its Museums?
The strange order from the president to post warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s American History museum has been met with abhorrence in many parts of…
New Podcast-“Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise After the War” With Malcolm Gladwell, David Blight and Manisha Sinha Episode 1
Malcolm Gladwell is the host of a new podcast series on Reconstruction. Called Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, the podcast explores Reconstruction in short episodes. If…
Poll from 2025 Shows Americans Don’t Support the Attacks on the Smithsonian
With all the attention given to President Trump’s effort to clamp down on the Smithsonian, including placing signs around the museums denigrating the Smithsonian, how…
Soldier Memorial Ouleout Cemetery in Franklin, New York
Franklin, New York is one of the smallest villages in the state. Its current population is only 374 people. In 1870 there was about twice…
Civil War Historian David Blight Testifies Against the Assault on the Smithsonian in Congress
Civil War and Reconstruction historian David Blight spoke in Congress against President Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian and the historical profession. Blight recently won the…
President Orders Warning Signs Outside of Smithsonian
On July 4 the White House published a report indicting the Smithsonian’s American History museum for devoting too much space to depicting African American, Native…
Podcast: “Love and Sacrifice” on Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise About Two Black Women & the Freedmen’s Bureau
The 3rd Episode of Reconstruction: The Unfilled Promise is about two Black women from the North who had a lively correspondence during the Reconstruction period.