Category: Memory of Reconstruction
North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction Center Directors Discuss Plans for Opening
The directors of the North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction Center met with the media last month to explain the plan for the center to…
A Rainy Memorial Day in New York City on May 30, 1872
Memorial Day, then called “Decoration Day,” was begun in a variety of places at the end of the Civil War to memorialize the dead of…
North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Groundbreaking June 2
The North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center will hold a groundbreaking on June 2 for its third phase of construction. The center is expected…
Recommended New Names for Army Bases Named After Confederates Announced
The Congressional Commission tasked with renaming Army bases currently named after Confederate military figures released its recommended changes Tuesday. Here are the changes according to…
Exhibit “Mustering Memory: 160 Years of Saluting the Civil War” Looks at How the War has Been Remembered Over the Years
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum is opening a new exhibit on how the Civil War has been remembered over the years. Civil…
Peekskill NY Commemorates Grant Bicentennial May 6-8
The Lincoln Depot in Peekskill, N.Y. will commemorate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant the first weekend in May at its historic train depot…
Report on the Grant Bicentennial at Grant’s Tomb Keynote by Grant Biographer Brooks Simpson
Today was the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant. While I am recovering from a life- threatening illness, I decided that I…
Video Reconstruction in the Movies-NPS Ranger Rich Condon Discusses Hollywood Depictions
Reel History is a regular series on YouTube discussing how history is portrayed by Hollywood. In this episode Reconstruction in the Movies National Park Ranger…
On April 27 Visit Grant’s St. Louis Home White Haven for His Bicentennial Birthday
At White Haven, Ulysses S. Grant’s home in St. Louis from 1854 to 1859, a commemoration of his 200th Birthday will take place on April…
Beginning This Weekend Ohio Celebrates Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial-Schedule
April 27 is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant. We are looking at some of the Bicentennial celebrations that will be…