Category: Memory of Reconstruction
Reconstruction Era Laws Regulating Firearms
The Supreme Court’s overturning of New York’s law regulating gun possession in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen would have attracted more…
Virginia Bar Association President (1903) Explains Why 15th Amendment Grant of Black Voting Rights Was a Mistake
We know that the 15th Amendment giving non-white men the right to vote was ratified in 1870. We also know that various state laws and…
How South Carolina Explained the Civil War & Reconstruction to Potential Immigrants in 1908
To encourage immigration from abroad, South Carolina published The Handbook of South Carolina in 1908. The book was designed to give foreigners considering a move…
Ohio Creates Ulysses S. Grant Day April 27
April 27 will henceforth be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant Day in Ohio. Legislation passed in Grant’s Bicentennial year of 2022 and was signed into…
A Reconstruction Era Church in Manhattan Showed Growing Strength of Irish Immigrant Community: Photo Tour
The Parish of St. Bernard was established in 1868 in a developing Manhattan Irish immigrant community. From 1873 to 1875 the massive St. Barnard Church…
Chris Mackowski Speaking on “The Myth of Grant’s Silence” Sept. 24 at Grant’s Cottage Near Saratoga
The Grant Cottage near Saratoga, N.Y. is hosting its first-ever annual Grant Cottage Literary Landmark Authors talk on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 at 4:30 PM….
Planned Fayetteville Museum of Civil War and Reconstruction Hearing at Fayetteville City Council
The City of Fayetteville has played a big role in getting a planned museum on the Civil War and Reconstruction underway. The new museum was…
Video: Ranger Chris Barr Explains the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort, South Carolina and When Stuff Happened
National Park Ranger Chris Barr is very well-respected among Civil War and Reconstruction Era students. Last month Reconstruction Era National Park began releasing short videos…
Eric Foner in NYRB Reviews New Book on How Race and Reconstruction Have Been Taught
The New York Review of Books has a review by Eric Foner of Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National…
A Close-Up Look at the New Franklin, Tenn. Historical Panels on Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction in the City
Franklin, Tennessee has been a leading location in telling the full story of the American Civil War. The Battle of Franklin Trust has done pioneering…
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