Category: Monuments
Historian Describes How She Will Join Civil War Day of Action
The Journal of the Civil War Era is organizing a national day of action for historians at historic sites around the country on September 26…
Historians Day of Action at Civil War Sites this Saturday
Kate Masur and Greg Downs, editors of the Journal of the Civil War Era have issued a call for historians to do “good history” this…
The White League Monument at Liberty Place in New Orleans
On September 13, 1891 the New Orleans newspapers announced that the following day there was to be a celebration on Canal Street on the anniversary…
NPR Reports on the Removal of Statues from Monument Avenue in Richmond
Monument Avenue in Richmond was conceived as a whites-only neighborhood where the heroes of the Confederacy would be honored. NPR has a report on the…
Augusta Georgia’s Monument to the Confederacy and “Reconstruction”
Augusta, Georgia is one of many Southern cities where controversy has enveloped the local Confederate monument. Black Lives Matter rallies have targeted the memorial, calling…
More Eyewitness Accounts from Gettysburg Militia Occupation on July 4
The Journal of the Civil War Era has four blog posts this week on the descent of heavily armed “militias” and racist groups on Gettysburg…
Letter to National Park Service from Historian Critical of “Militia” Occupation of Gettysburg
Photo of peaceful anti-racism procession at Gettysburg on July 19, 2020. h/t Jake Wynn Dr. Jennifer M. Murray is Professor of History at Oklahoma State…
New Poll Shows Growing Opposition to Symbols of the Confederacy
The latest Quinnipiac University Poll shows growing opposition to the display of Lost Cause relics like the statues of Confederate leaders. They also now view…
Historian Megan Kate Nelson Questions “Union” Statues in the Southwest
Historian Megan Kate Nelson has a new article in the Atlantic on the ambiguous “Union” statues in the Southwest that now face removal. According to…
Scholar of German Holocaust Memory Discusses How Confederacy Is Remembered Today
The New Yorker brought in philosopher Susan Neiman this week to answer questions about the commemoration of the Confederacy in the modern United States. A…