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Irish Monument to the American Civil War

My wife and I were in Ireland in August and, of course, we found Civil War-related sites at the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean….

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Abraham Lincoln Statue at Gettysburg Visitors Center

You would expect Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg and I am sure many readers recall seeing Lincoln downtown in this Civil War city. That statue, which…

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Cornwall New York Civil War Monument

Cornwall-on-Hudson is a small river village with just over three thousand people in Orange County below Newburgh. It is an affluent community with many buildings…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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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