Posted in Civil War USCT

Marker Placed at Balls Bluff Where First Black Man to Fire on Confederates Fought

The Washington Post reports that on Saturday a new historical marker was placed at the site of the Battle of Balls Bluff alongside the Potomac…

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Posted in Jim Crow Ku Klux Klan

Henry Louis Gates in NY Times on the Current Attack on Black History and Mildred Rutherford of the UDC

Historian Henry Louis Gates has a prominent article in the New York Times on the current attacks on the teaching of  Black history. Here are…

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The King Cake of Mardi Gras Season and Reconstruction in New Orleans

Many Mardi Gras Season dinners often include a King Cake. The cake has a little plastic baby baked into it. The person getting the baby…

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Posted in Book Reviews Slavery

Books on Slavery for Children from School Library Journal

The School Library Journal, a respected trade publication, has a list of books to use with students that focus on slavery in the United States….

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Learning for Justice Has Advice for Talking to Children About Slavery

Learning for Justice offers guidance for educating children about slavery. The guide begins by stressing the importance of slavery in creating modern racial dynamics in…

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Posted in Dunning School Education

Teen Vogue: The Reconstruction Era Is Not Taught Well

Teen Vogue’s new article The Reconstruction Era Is Not Taught Well in US Schools — Here’s Why That Matters is out this week. Here is an…

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Glens Falls Civil War Memorial

     

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Posted in Places to Visit

McSorley’s Old Ale House

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Posted in Civil War Monuments Places to Visit

Southampton Long Island Civil War Monument

  As I was leaving, I noticed that the posts that the chain around the monument was made of were cannons!

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Medal of Honor Winner William Freeman’s Grave Troy, NY

 

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