Category: Monuments
William McKinley Coffee Break Memorial in Wilmington, Delaware
Yes, everyone in Wilmington, Delaware calls this memorial the “Coffee Break Monument” with a little bit of amusement. The monument shows the future president William…
Slide Show With Instructions for Tagging National Park Exhibits for Removal for Violating Executive Order
I have been posting photos for the last six weeks that Interior Department staff have identified as National Park exhibits being in violation of President…
Mayor Trying to Make Brooklyn Civil War Arch Traffic Free
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that he is planning to change the structure of the streets around the famous Civil War Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch…
Federal Government’s Effort to Take Down LGBT+ Flags at Stonewall Is Defeated
Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan had its LGBT+ flags removed by the Federal Government in February as part of the president’s Executive Order to “restore…
Lanesville Monument in Langford Gloucester Massachusetts
Gloucester in Massachusetts was a major port in the 19th Century. During the Civil War, it was active in the recruitment and training of men…
National Park Signage at President’s House in Philly Revealed: How It Contradicts the Truth
At the beginning of the year, the National Park Service (NPS) took down signage at the President’s House in Philadelphia that dealt with slavery. The…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Newport, Rhode Island
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Newport, Rhode Island is in Congdon Park. Newport is a beautiful city set next to the Atlantic Ocean which…
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Panels That May Be Taken Down
Andrew Johnson was the president in the last weeks of the Civil War. After the Confederate armies had surrendered, he became the principal architect of…
Oak Hill Cemetery G.A.R. Section Vineland, N.J.
I posted recently about the large monument in Downtown Vineland, New Jersey. On the same trip I visited the nearby Oak Hill Cemetery in the…
Wayside Panels May be Removed at Bull Run
Manassas National Battlefield Park, where the first major battle of the Civil War was fought, has two panels that have been called into question under…