Category: Monuments
General James A. Garfield Statue in Long Branch on the Jersey Shore Where He Died
Seven Presidents Park along the Jersey Shore in Long Branch is a well-known spot for beach goers in the summer. Long Branch can be quite…
Civil War Cannons in Placerville California
From 1848 until the Civil War, Placerville was a thriving city filled with fortune seekers looking for gold. In 1860, this remote city had more…
Confederate Robbery at Bullion Curve Monument Near Placerville California
During my recent exploration of Civil War sites in California, which took us from Los Angeles, to Yosemite, up to Gold Rush Country, to Sacramento…
Thomas Starr King Statue Outside the California Capitol Building
Thomas Starr King’s statue was in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Unfortunately, in 2006 State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, a Republican from Murrieta,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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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