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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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Posted in Places to Visit Uncategorized

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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Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Rochester Airport

The airport at Rochester, New York unveiled a statue of Frederick Douglass last Friday. The airport, Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, is named for…

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New North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction Museum Moving Forward

As many of you know, state and local governments in North Carolina are working together on creating a new museum in Fayetteville focused on the…

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Historical Marker Erected Near Sodus N.Y. Honoring Black Abolitionist Austin Steward

Sodus, near Rochester in Western New York, honored early African American Abolitionist Austin Steward with a historical marker near where he was brought to New…

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Posted in Civil War Slavery USCT

NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction

Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…

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New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie on Why He Studies Reconstruction & W.E.B. DuBois Today

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie used today’s column to explain why he keeps returning to the Reconstruction Era now. Here is a some of…

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Grant Bicentennial Birthday Party Draws Three Hundred in Saratoga NY

More than 300 guests gathered on October 16 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs to celebrate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant….

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Posted in Places to Visit Religion Slavery

“Slave Bible” on Display in Netherlands: Rewritten to Eliminate Freedom as a Virtue

A Bible used by British missionaries preaching to enslaved people in the Americas is now on display in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The 1807 Bible…

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New Podcast Tells the Story of Grant’s Vice President Radical Republican Henry Wilson

A new podcast called Henry Wilson and the Civil War is out focusing on Ulysses S. Grant’s Vice President Henry Wilson. The Massachusetts politician was…

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