Category: Places to Visit
Grant to Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany Restored by Federal Government
In March of this year, the Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, New York found out that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) had…
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…
Soldiers’ Monument in Marion, New York
Marion, New York is a very small rural town about twenty miles east of Rochester. In 1860, at the start of the Civil War, the…
Trump Administration Denies Report That President Is Looking at Renaming Ford’s Theatre
Several reports appeared in national news sources claiming that the Trump Administration is considering renaming Ford’s Theater after Donald Trump. The story originally appeared on…
True Valor at Gettysburg Monument in Lyons, New York
A new monument to a Civil War regiment, the 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was unveiled on August 22, 2026 in Lyons, N.Y.. This…
Interior Department Begins Process of Creating Signs in Washington Denouncing the Smithsonian
The Trump Administration continues to pressure the Smithsonian in its year-and-a-half campaign to change how American history is told. Over the Summer, the administration had…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio
Before the Civil War, many escaped enslaved African Americans made their way to freedom by crossing the Ohio River from Kentucky into the State of…
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Announces Resignation After Year and a Half of Pressure from White House
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced today that he is resigning at the end of this year. Bunch has been trying to defend the Smithsonian from…
Panel Explaining Arlington Confederate Monument Removed in Preparation for Re-erection of Controversial Lost Cause Memorial
The Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery is scheduled to be reinstalled in 2027. The monument, a tribute to Confederates who fought against the United…
New Washington Arch to Begin Construction in Two Weeks Next to Arlington National Cemetery
After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision this week allowing the Trump Administration to build the 250 foot high “Triumphal Arch” next to Arlington National Cemetery,…