Category: Monuments

There are a half-dozen statues of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg. It is no wonder, because Gettysburg was where the public recognized that the Union was…

Many of you have visited Antietam National Battlefield at Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The September 17, 1862 battle became the largest violent loss of…

Princeton University, one of the elite Ivy League schools, is in the North East in New Jersey. There is a monument on campus memorializing alums…

George McClellan may not have many fans among Civil War buffs, but in Trenton, New Jersey he was a hero, at least during his life….

In 2023, the National Park Service began construction under the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to transform the space beneath Lincoln’s statue into a museum. We…

Huntington’s Civil War statue, among the best known Civil War monuments on Long Island, was dedicated by the Huntington Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Association on…

Thaddeus Stevens is someone we have all heard about, but not too much. At least until Stephen Spielberg made him the dark hero of his…

Southampton is right below Northampton, Massachusetts, as it should be. If your are visiting University of Massachusetts or Amherst College or the other six schools…

Westfield, Massachusetts is, well, just to the west of Springfield, Massachusetts. It was settled in the 1600s and, until 1725, it was the westernmost settlement…

Deerfield, Massachusetts is an historic town that was the focus of a French and Indian raid that resulted in dozens of its people being killed…