Category: Memory of Reconstruction
Civil War Topps Trading Cards from 1962 Depict the War’s Opening
I was looking at baseball card site today, and I came across this interesting piece on how the Topps Baseball Card company put out a…
Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War Honored by American Battlefield Trust
Chris Mackowski, a familiar name to Civil War history students, was honored by the American Battlefield Trust in July for his work with history teachers….
Virginia Gov. Youngkin on the Defensive After Advisor’s Pro-Confederate Statements
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin threw down once again in the “History Wars” that seem to have captured the popular right-wing imagination since the killing of…
Nine New Sites Added to Reconstruction Era National Network by National Park Service
Nine new sites have been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network by the National Park Service (NPS). Here is the NPS description of…
Hamburg Massacre Commemorated This Weekend in South Carolina
The 1876 Hamburg Massacre of African Americans was long-ignored by South Carolina’s educators and museums who rewrote history to maintain White Supremacy. This weekend the…
Workshops That Teach New Florida History Standards Said to Distort Past
New standards for teaching civics in Florida have led to the establishment of three-day programs across the state to instruct social studies teachers in how…
Recovering From the Trauma of the Civil War: Mental Health
Dillon J. Carroll, history instructor at Butte Community College in California, is the author of the forthcoming book “Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Veterans of…
Memory Wars Podcast Will Examine How the U.S. and Germany Deal With Memory of Slavery and Holocaust
Axios reports that a new five-part podcast launched today that looks at how Germany had to confront its history of human rights abuse and genocide…
Virginia Museum of History & Culture Reopens After Two-Year Closure and Major Expansion
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond has reopened after closing for two years during the pandemic for renovations. Established by the Virginia…
“Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples” Opening in D.C. at National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will open a new exhibition of Civil War photography on July 1. “Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples” is the title…