Author: Patrick Young
Bridgeport Ct. Mountain Grove Cemetery Pro Patria Monument
Bridgeport was a fairly modest city at the time of the Civil War. It was known as a developing mill town and a shipping port…
Chappaqua Friends Meeting House a Refuge for Escaped Slaves
The Chappaqua Friends Meeting was built in 1753 by a group of transplanted Long Islanders who set up the first Quaker community in Westchester County…
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…