Author: Patrick Young
Great Falls National Historic Park at Paterson NJ
Typically I take you to monuments constructed to mark historic events or to honor people directly involved in Reconstruction or the Civil War. However, I…
Podcast: Harold Holzer Talks About His New Book on Lincoln and the Immigrants
Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio, interviews Harold Holzer, author of “Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.” The discussion…
Union Memorial at Greenfield Cemetery Near Hempstead, N.Y.
Although I have worked in Hempstead for over thirty-five years, I did not know that a cemetery on the border between Uniondale and Hempstead has…
Yale University Civil War Memorial Hall
In 1895, the Yale Daily News, a student newspaper, began campaigning for Yale to honor its students who fought and died in the Civil War…
The Early History of Yale University Was Set Among Puritan Slavery
I am just now reading David Blight’s history Yale and Slavery which can be accessed for free online. Here are things I learned from the…
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer published by Dutton (2024) Harold Holzer is one of the foremost scholars…
Brewster NY Civil War Monument
Brewster is a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley. I visited its Civil War Monument in January of this year. As has been the…
Soldiers’ Monument of Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Soldiers’ Monument in Western Connecticut is a monumental sculptural work that demands better care and preservation. Dedicated on October 23, 1884 at the…
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig published by Johns Hopkins University Press (2012) My regular readers know that a…
Yale Apologizes for Its Ties to Slavery
“We recognize our university’s historical role in and associations with slavery, as well as the labor, the experiences and the contributions of enslaved people to…