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Southold N.Y. Civil War Monument Photo Tour on Long Island’s North Fork

Southold is a developing town on Long Island’s hopping North Fork. Five decades ago it was a rarely visited remote rural community. Today, that is…

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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…

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Mathew Brady’s Manhattan Photo Studio Photo Tour

New York City is a strange place. Manhattan always seems to have some new gigantic building going up, making it easy to forget that next…

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Harriet Tubman & William Seward Schenectady Monument Photo Tour

Schenectady, New York west of Albany along the Mohawk River has several Civil War and Reconstruction sites. At the time of the Civil War, this…

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Photo Tour of NYU’s Outdoor Exhibit of the Black Soldiers of the USCT and Their Families

The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University has a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier, that is on view until Feb. 28, 2023 along LaGuardia…

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Photo Tour of James Garfield Monument in Washington, D.C.

I was in Washington a couple of weeks ago where I had the chance to create a Photo Tour of the James A. Garfield Monument…

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Gallery of Photos of United States Colored Troops & Civil War Era African Americans On Display in Manhattan

The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University is opening a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier on Oct. 13 and on view until…

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Thomas Nast Depicts the Emancipation of the Slaves in a Giant Cartoon

New Year’s Day is also the anniversary of Lincoln’s January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. To celebrate the signing, Tomas Nast sketched a…

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