Category: Monuments
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…
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…
Grant Bicentennial at Grant’s Tomb in New York to Include Presentation by Biographer Brooks Simpson
Grant’s Tomb will host a ceremony honoring Ulysses S. Grant on the 200th Anniversary of his birth on April 27. The events begin at 11…
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…
Sixteen Sites Added to National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
The National Park Service has added sixteen sites to its Undergound Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the Smithsonian. Here is the announcement and listing…
Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Activities in Her Home Town of Auburn, N.Y. in 2022
2022 is the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman’s birth. Last month the Washington Post had an interesting article on the celebration of Tubman’s birth at her…
Four Sites Added to NPS Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
The Reconstruction Era National Historical Park announced the addition of four new sites to its Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. Here is the announcement from…
Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park & Historical Vindication of the Confederacy
At its 1926 Convention, the Sons of Confederate Veterans spent a lot of time on a discussion of an internal dispute over its effort to…
Opposing Stone Mountain’s Confederate Memorialization & Lee’s Shrine in 1926
In the 1920s, Confederate groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans were pushing forward schemes to memorialize the…