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Harriet Tubman Statue Unveiled Next to John Brown’s Grave in Lake Placid

Harriet Tubman and John Brown were two leading figures in the anti-slavery movement in New York. Tubman lived in Auburn, New York and Brown’s farm was…

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G.A.R. Statue at Sacramento City Cemetery

The Old Sacramento City Cemetery in the California state capital is about twenty blocks south of the Capitol Building  on Riverside Drive and Second Ave,…

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Boston Common’s Civil War Memorial Vandalized

Right before midnight on July 3 camera’s caught six people at Boston’s Civil War monument in Boston Common. By the time they left, there were…

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Elizabeth Thorn Statue of Caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery at Gettysburg

On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln headed on horseback through the streets of Gettysburg to deliver his most famous speech. He rode past the impressive…

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Newly Erected Clara Barton Statue Hagerstown Maryland

Anyone who knows about the Battles of Gettysburg or Antietam has heard of Hagerstown, Maryland but I wonder how many “Civil War Tourists” have stopped…

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West Point Foundry at Cold Spring New York Where the Parrott Gun Was Developed

In 2013 the new West Point Foundry Preserve opened in Cold Spring, New York right next to the Hudson River. Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects designed…

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Southold N.Y. Civil War Monument Photo Tour on Long Island’s North Fork

Southold is a developing town on Long Island’s hopping North Fork. Five decades ago it was a rarely visited remote rural community. Today, that is…

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Northfield Cemetery Stamford, Connecticut

Northfield Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut has some of the oldest graves in that city. Begun as a formal cemetery in 1787, there are burials there…

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Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War

A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…

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Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society

Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…

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