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Slavery Exhibit Restored at President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia

With a court-imposed deadline of Friday, Feb. 19 to restore dismantled exhibits on slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia, the National Park Service has…

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Civil War Memorial Vineland NJ

Vineland, New Jersey was founded in the midst of the Civil War in 1861. Charles Landis, a Utopian, started it as a planned community. He…

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Soldiers Monument Ansonia Connecticut

Ansonia, Ct. is a small city of 19,000 inhabitants. At the time of the Civil War, the area had fewer than 3,000 people. The Soldiers…

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Judge Tells National Park Service to Stop Making Changes to Presidents’ House in Philadelphia

Last week a Federal Court judge was extremely critical of the National Park Service (NPS) and the Trump administration for having surreptitiously taken down panels…

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Soldiers and Sailors Monument Atlantic City NJ

When you arrive by bus from New York and Baltimore to go to the casinos you may see what looks like a monument in the…

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Site of Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Atlantic City

Atlantic City now is known as a place of gambling, Casinos line the boardwalk, with buses arriving from all over the Mid-Atlantic region. Before that…

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Harriet Tubman Statue Binghamton NY

Harriet Tubman has long been a hero to Upstate New Yorkers. She lived for more than half of her life in Auburn, New York in…

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Veteran Graves Bridgeton New Jersey

As I was exploring Southern New Jersey, I happened upon a layout in an old cemetery that indicated that Civil War veterans were buried there….

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Smithsonian Deadline for Review of All Content from White House

Although the Smithsonian is a separately chartered agency that is not accountable to the presidency, the White House has set next week as the deadline…

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Rowayton Veterans Memorial Norwalk Ct.

Usually when I drive up to Connecticut, I bringĀ  Dave Pelland’s authoritative book on that state’s Civil War monuments. Two weeks ago I was up…

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