Category: Places to Visit
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…
Patchogue, Long Island, Civil War Soldier Monument Photo Tour
Patchogue, New York is on Long Island. A bustling village that tens of thousands use as a port to travel to Fire Island in the…
Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Statues Photo Tour National Harbor, Maryland
Last week I attended a conference at National Harbor in Maryland, just a few miles from Washington, D.C. It is a popular Holiday Season destination…
Fort Foote: A Key Defense of Washington D.C. Photo Tour
I recently attended a conference at National Harbor in Maryland, which gave me the opportunity to visit Fort Foote. This fort was built during the…
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…
Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Near St. Louis, Mo.
A Holiday Candlelight Open House and Concert will be held at the Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site near St Louis on Sunday, December 18,…
Photo Tour of the Parrott Gun from Admiral Farragut’s Flagship U.S.S. Hartford in Freeport, N.Y.
On July 4, 1902 the Village of Freeport on Long Island in New York State was honored with the placement of a Parrott Rifle from…
Battle of Nashville Site Where Black Troops Charged to Be Marked Dec. 15, 2022
Drew Gruber, Executive Director of Civil War Trails, announced last week that a new interpretive panel is being dedicated in Nashville, Tn. on December 15,…
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…
National Park Service Funds Preservation of 200 Acres of Civil War Battlefield Land in W.V., Miss., and Virginia
The National Park Service announced Friday that 200 acres of Civil War battlefields will be protected in three states through two million dollars from the…