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The Civil War Origins of the 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship Panel Discussion

Video is at bottom of article! A couple of weeks ago I was part of a panel discussion put on by Emerging Civil War on…

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Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg published by Simon & Schuster (2025). Judith Giesberg…

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List of Civil War Sites Where Permanent Staff Have Been Fired by National Park Service

For the last five weeks we have been receiving reports of layoffs within the National Park Service. When the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place…

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First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Photo Tour

This week’s piece of Civil War Era Brooklyn NY is First Unitarian Congregation. Completed in 1844 it stands at 48 Monroe Pl. in Historic Brooklyn…

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Fort Benning is Renamed Fort Benning by Sec. Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reprised his renaming of United States military bases after Confederates. Fort Benning, which was renamed Fort Moore in 2023, will be…

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Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III

Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games Edited By Patrick A. Lewis & James Hill Welborn III published by LSU Press…

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National Civil War Museum Harrisburg Pennsylvania

I remember when the National Civil War Museum opened in 2001 after costs of $32 million dollars to build and equip. Back then there were…

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New Netflix Series on the Assassination of Pres. James Garfield

Before 1881, presidents would clean out the Washington bureaucracy when they came into office. Democrats were tossed when a Republican came in and Whigs, before…

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Close Look at the Gettysburg Firings By National Park Service

With the firing of over 1,000 staff at the National Park Service, news media coverage is starting to breakdown the overall numbers of people laid…

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New Jersey State Museum in Trenton

The New Jersey State Museum is a fairly large modern museum located at 195-205 West State Street in Trenton, the state capital. It is just…

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