Category: Monuments

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National Park Service Handbook on Reconstruction

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: July 27, 2019  1 Comment on National Park Service Handbook on Reconstruction

The National Park Service has a handbook out on the Reconstruction Era. Here is a link to it. It is similar to the familiar NPS…

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When Confederates Erased History in New Orleans by Replacing Abolitionist Alexander Hamilton With Slavery Supporter

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: July 17, 2019  10 Comments on When Confederates Erased History in New Orleans by Replacing Abolitionist Alexander Hamilton With Slavery Supporter

Hamilton Square in the Carrollton section of New Orleans was established as a public space way back in 1833. The Square is one of several…

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Kommemorating the Klan’s Birthplace With a Backwards Plaque in Pulaski, Tn,

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: June 15, 2019  4 Comments on Kommemorating the Klan’s Birthplace With a Backwards Plaque in Pulaski, Tn,

Six Confederate veterans created the Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee. Or maybe they didn’t. Much about the early months of…

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