Category: Monuments
Northfield Cemetery Stamford, Connecticut
Northfield Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut has some of the oldest graves in that city. Begun as a formal cemetery in 1787, there are burials there…
Harriet Tubman Statue in Beaufort, S.C. Unveiled Honoring Her Role in Civil War
A new statue of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled in Beaufort, South Carolina for her role in the Combahee River Raid that freed 700 South…
Frederick Douglass Statue at New-York Historical Society
Frederick Douglass stands at the top of a stair leading into the New-York Historical Society. The statue was installed in 2011 just as the United…
The Irish Fighting 69th Monument at Calvary Cemetery in Queens
I visited the monument erected by the veterans of the most famous Irish American regiment of the Civil War, the Fighting 69th (69th NYVI) at…
Rye New York African American Cemetery Where USCT & 54th Massachusetts Rest
Right off of I-95 in Rye, New York lies a forgotten cemetery where for 120 years local African American families had buried their dead. The…
Second Bull Run’s Oldest Monument
People viewing this week’s monument might think they recognize it as the First Bull Run monument, but they would be wrong. This is the Second…
Boston Sphinx Memorializes the Union Dead of the Civil War & Slavery’s End
Mount Auburn Cemetery was one of the first “Rural Cemeteries” in the United States. Cemeteries before the 19th Century were adjoining churches or on available…
The Original Monument to the First Bull Run
Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…
Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society
One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…
Temperance Monument Washington D.C.
The Temperance Monument and Fountain in Washington, D.C. is right next to the Grand Army of the Republic Monument on Pennsylvania Avenue. The monument was…
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