Category: Civil War
Rare Opportunity to See “Juneteenth” and the Emancipation Proclamation at National Archives on June 19
Tomorrow is the last day the special exhibit displaying the Union Army order that was distributed in Galveston on June 19, 1865 and the Emancipation…
Long Island Black Civil War Naval Landsman Gets Headstone for Juneteenth
The Society of Grand Army of the Republic dedicated a veteran’s Civil War headstone over a previously unmarked gravesite at the Hauppauge United Methodist Church…
Juneteenth Celebration at Grant’s Cottage in the Adirondacks
On Juneteenth (June 19, 2023) the Grant Cottage in Upstate New York will have two programs honoring the National Holiday. Here is the press release…
Civil War Delafield Cannon in Fort Greene Park Brooklyn Photo Tour
Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn is a heavily visited park in one of New York State’s most densely populated neighborhoods. The Fort itself was part…
Free Symposium on Researching Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
The Abraham Lincoln Association is Holding a Symposium Saturday, June 17, 2023 — 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. RSVP…
June 17, 2023 New Exhibit on the Abolition of Slavery at Harrisburg Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. will open a new exhibit on the pre-Civil War attempts to abolish slavery. Here is the description from…
Kevin Levin on Robert Gould Shaw Before He Came to Command the 54th Massachusetts
Kevin Levin, author of Searching For Black Confederates and Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder, speaks about Robert Gould Shaw before his…
Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington D.C.
The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington D.C. is in a prominent location in the nation’s capital. It is at the corner…
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers”
The National Portrait Gallery Presents “Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers” on View June 23–June 9, 2024. This is an exhibition of Civil…
Exeter Town Hall Site of Lincoln’s 1860 Speech Photo Tour
I go up to New Hampshire every four years to observe the New Hampshire Primary first hand. In 2016 I went too the prep school…
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