Category: Monuments
Confederate Gen. Albert Pike Statue Re-erected in Washington
Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike statue was re-erected in Washington on Saturday following an executive order from President Donald Trump. The statue had been attacked…
Video Politics & Memory in Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York
Akela Reason from the University of Georgia speaks about the building of Civil War monuments in New York City and Brooklyn. After Gettysburg, New York…
Video: The War Over Memory at Bull Run Battlefield
Historian Tyler McGraw has a good video at Emerging Civil War where he discusses the impending removal of signage explaining the history behind the erection…
Ft. Sum(p)ter Artillery in Portland, Oregon(?)
My wife Michele and I were out in Portland, Oregon exploring the Colombia River Gorge. She was doing some research and found out that there…
The Signage at Manassas That Is Slated for Removal by the National Park Service
I went to the Bull Run Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia last year and saw the new signage near the Stonewall Jackson Equestrian Statue on Henry…
Beginning September 17, 2025 Some References to Slavery Will Be Removed from Civil War Sites Under the National Park Service
The New York Times is reporting that this week the National Park Service will begin taking down objects and signs that deal with slavery. This…
Civil War Flagpole at Veteran’s Cemetery Darien, Connecticut
I was using Dave Pelland’s book on Civil War Monuments of Connecticut last weeks to find a site near where I watched a football game…
Portland Oregon Grand Army of the Republic Statue
I went to Portland, Oregon this summer, my first time ever out there. Before I went I tried looking up any monuments in the city…
Admiral Farragut Statue in Madison Square By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
The Farragut monument at the north end of Madison Square Park in Manhattan is, according to the New York City Parks Department, “one of the…
Soldiers’ Monument New Britain Connecticut
New Britain is a small city in Connecticut with a population of just over 74,000. In the Civil War period, only about 10,000 people lived…