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Dedication Day and Remembrance Day at Gettysburg Nov. 19. 2022 Schedule of Events

Dedication Day at Gettysburg and Remembrance Day both fall on November 19 this year. Dedication Day marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address dedicating the…

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Preview of New Will Smith Film Emancipation “Inspired” by Story of “Gordon”: From Tortured Slave to Freedom Fighter

Will Smith’s new film Emancipation will be released on December 2, 2022. The film is based on the story of “Gordon,” an enslaved African American…

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Historical Marker Dedicated for General Philippe Régis de Trobriand in Sayville, Long Island, NY

A marker was erected this week in Sayville on Long Island in New York marking where Brevet Major General Philippe Régis de Trobriand is buried…

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Louisville Exhibit on Kentucky’s Black Union Soldiers Fighting for Freedom

A new exhibit on the United States Colored Troops has opened for Veterans Day weekend at the Roots 101 African American Museum in downtown Louisville,…

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Veterans Day: Four Long Island Civil War Vets Have New Headstones

Four Long Island Civil Veterans were honored at a ceremony dedicating new headstones on their graves in a cemetery in Uniondale in time for Veterans…

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New Historical Marker to Be Erected at Site of Georgia’s 1868 Camilla Massacre

The Georgia Historical Society just approved a new state historical marker on the site of the 1868 Camilla Massacre. According to the news coverage of…

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International African American Museum Opening in Charleston in January, 2023

Charleston’s new International African American Museum (IAAM) is set to open on January 21, 2023. Smithsonian Magazine has a great feature on the new museum….

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Trial Set for Civil War Reenactor Accused of Planting Cedar Creek Pipe Bomb

The discovery of a pipe bomb at a reenactment of the Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek in October 2017 was initially blamed on “Antifa,”…

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Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center Grand Opening Today Nov. 5 in Oklahoma

Honey Springs was the largest Civil War battle fought in the State of Oklahoma and today its battlefield is getting a new visitor center. Today,…

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Four Sites Added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

Four new sites have been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network These sites are, according to National Parks Traveller: The Gilmore Cabin at…

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