Author: Patrick Young
“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography
In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…
Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society
One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…
History Behind the 1864 Law Restricting Abortion in Arizona
Before the Civil War, very few states had laws restricting abortion in the early stages of a pregnancy. For those states that criminalized abortion, most…
Liberty State Park Train Station
The harbor-fronting train station at Liberty State Park had begun to be built in 1860. Earth being removed for construction in Manhattan was shipped across…
Study How Former Confederates Ended Reconstruction With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
This is the final article in our four-part series on how South Carolina told its children about the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1918 until…
Study the End of the Civil War and Start of Reconstruction With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
I wanted to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era in the early 20th Century by…
When Harriet Beecher Stowe Exposed a Celebrity’s Incestuous Affair and Nearly Bankrupted Her Publisher
Lord Byron, the famous poet, was taken down by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1869. Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin before the Civil War and helped…
Study the Course of the Civil War With South Carolina School Children Circa 1918
I wanted to look at what South Carolina school children learned about the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era in the early 20th Century by…
Temperance Monument Washington D.C.
The Temperance Monument and Fountain in Washington, D.C. is right next to the Grand Army of the Republic Monument on Pennsylvania Avenue. The monument was…
James: A Novel by Percival Everett
James: A Novel by Percival Everett published by Doubleday (2024) I read a lot of books. Right before my stroke, I was reading more than…