Author: Patrick Young
NY Times Reports on Historical Plaques Under Review for Removal at National Park Sites
This article on the potential removal of historical and other signage at the National Parks appeared in todays New York Times. Here are substantial excerpts:…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Delhi New York
Delhi, N.Y. is a small town that is the county seat in Delaware County. It’s population is currently 4,795, not that much bigger than its…
The Draft Riots End in a Sea of Blood
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Tuesday July 14, 1863 was the second day of the Draft Riots. Early that morning, Albra Lyons, the African American owner…
Adminstration Cracking Down on UnAmerican National Park Service Gift Shops
Yesterday I saw that there si a crackdown on UnAmerican gifts shops when I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack..The Interior Department is following President Trump’s…
Convulsion of Violence: Day One of the New York Draft Riots
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Editor’s Note: I have inserted an important discussion of the riot phenomenon in Footnote 1. You may want to read…
The New York City Draft Riots Begin
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook The months following the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg had been days of desperate re-examination by…
Before the Draft Riots: The Cultivation of Division
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook In 1860, immigrants made up nearly half of the population of New York…
Five Points on the Edge of the Draft Riots
by Patrick Young, Esq. Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Five Points was the most economically downtrodden neighborhood of all of New York. When starving…
Discovery of 1847 Condemnation of Slavery by Baptist Ministers Shows Development of Anti-Slavery Movement
As readers of Civil War history know, prior to the outbreak of the war many religious people in the North had turned against slavery. Northern…
Plan to Have Visitors Report UnAmerican National Park Rangers Fails
Signs have gone up at National Parks across the country warning visitors that there may be interpretive plaques or information from Rangers that may be…