Author: Patrick Young
Call Congress to Support National Park Service Staff In Opposition to Layoffs
On Thursday roughly 1,000 National Park Service (NPS) personnel were fired. While the administration has said these were recent hires, in fact many of the…
Emerging Civil War Interviews Gerry Prokopowicz Host of Civil War Talk Radio
Chris Mackowski, host of the Emerging Civil War podcast, interviews the grandaddy of all Civil War podcasters Gerry Prokopowicz. Professor Prokopowicz has been podcasting Civil…
“Last Seen” Historian Judy Giesberg Talks About Her New Book on Former Slaves Searching for Relatives
On Thursday I had the opportunity to see historian Judith Giesberg being interviewed by Columbia University historian Stephanie McCurry, the author of Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in…
Lincoln Return Visit Gettysburg Pennsylvania
There are a half-dozen statues of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg. It is no wonder, because Gettysburg was where the public recognized that the Union was…
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Washington, D.C.
Most of my readers have been to the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington at 1300 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560. I have been…
William McKinley Monument Sharpsburg Maryland
Many of you have visited Antietam National Battlefield at Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The September 17, 1862 battle became the largest violent loss of…
Clara Barton Schoolhouse Bordentown New Jersey
Most of my readers know about Clara Barton. She was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War and in the last days of the war…
Curtis Yarvin “Historian” for Tech Bros Says Blacks Were Better Off With Slavery
The New York Times did an interview with Curtis Yarvin, a computer engineer who in middle age has become a major player in the reexamination…
Grant Home Burlington, NJ Where Grant Found Out Lincoln Was Assassinated
I had always heard that Ulysses S. Grant was invited to accompany Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 to see the play…
Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region by Kate Masur and Elizabeth Clarke
Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region by Kate Masur and Elizabeth Clarke published by University of North…
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