Category: Places to Visit
Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Rochester Airport
The airport at Rochester, New York unveiled a statue of Frederick Douglass last Friday. The airport, Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, is named for…
New North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction Museum Moving Forward
As many of you know, state and local governments in North Carolina are working together on creating a new museum in Fayetteville focused on the…
A Reconstruction Era Church in Manhattan Showed Growing Strength of Irish Immigrant Community: Photo Tour
The Parish of St. Bernard was established in 1868 in a developing Manhattan Irish immigrant community. From 1873 to 1875 the massive St. Barnard Church…
Fayetteville City Council Approves Fund for New North Carolina Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction Center
On October 24, 2022 the Fayetteville City Council approved funding of $6.6 million for a new museum already under construction in the city that will…
Podcast: Bryan Cheeseboro of National Archives Discuss Civil War Research and Educating the Public
Bryan Cheeseboro is an important person in the Civil War reenactment community, a historian of African American troops in the war, a historic site preservationist,…
Pilot Knob State Historic Site Hosts Exhibit on Ulysses S. Grant in Nov. 2022 for Grant Bicentennial
Pilot Knob State Historic Site is hosting a travelling exhibit on weekends this November on Ulysses S. Grant. Here is information on the exhibit from…
Photo Tour of the White Plains, NY Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial in White Plains, New York is itself a product of the Reconstruction Era. Erected by the veterans of the war…
Grant Bicentennial Birthday Party Draws Three Hundred in Saratoga NY
More than 300 guests gathered on October 16 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs to celebrate the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant….
“Slave Bible” on Display in Netherlands: Rewritten to Eliminate Freedom as a Virtue
A Bible used by British missionaries preaching to enslaved people in the Americas is now on display in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The 1807 Bible…
Photo Tour of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Stamford, Connecticut
As someone has observed, I made many stops this summer to photograph Civil War monuments while I was travelling. These are monuments erected in villages…
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