Category: Memory of Reconstruction
New Study Shows People Honored With Most Numerous Public Monuments in the U.S.
A new study of public monuments identifies which figures have the most monuments in the United States. I will be posting more results of this…
Richmond Unveils Monument to Emancipation at the End of Civil War
This week Richmond, Virginia erects a new monument marking the liberation of the city by Union troops in April 1865 and the end of slavery…
September Was the Cruelest Month for the Lost Cause of Memory
The last month has been one of dislocation for those of us devoted to Civil War and Reconstruction. Nathan Bedford Forrest was literally relocated,…
Major Exhibit on Reconstruction Opens at Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History This Weekend
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opens a new exhibit this weekend on the Reconstruction Era. “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction…
Sons of Confederate Veterans Ceremoniously Rebury Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate General, a slave trader, and a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Buried under an equestrian statue of himself…
Watch Seth Meyers on Robert E. Lee and Afghanistan
Seth Meyers discusses the removal of the Lee Statue in Richmond and the former president’s claim that the U.S. would have won in Afghanistan had…
Thoughts on the Removal of the Lee Statue & the Role of Confederate “Heritage” Groups
Those horrified by the removal of Lee’s statue might want to take a look at the role of Confederate Heritage Defenders in promoting the current…
Pres. Trump and Gen. Milley Argue Over Army Bases With Confederate Names
In their new book on the last year of the Trump presidency, reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonig relate the story of a dispute between…
James W. Loewen, “Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me,” Passes Away
James W. Loewen, a well-known sociologist, has died. His 1995 book Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a…
South Carolina Historical Preservation Law Obscures History of Reconstruction
Ehren Foley holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of South Carolina and is an editor at the University of South Carolina Press….
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