Category: Places to Visit
Penn Center Reconstruction Site in St. Helena S.C. Receives $2 Million Donation
The Penn Center in St. Helena, South Carolina was established in 1862 by Northern Abolitionists to provide educational assistance to freed Blacks seeking shelter in…
University of South Carolina Gets New Historical Marker on the College & Reconstruction
At the start of the Martin Luther King Day weekend, the University of South Carolina celebrated its brief period of racial integration during Reconstruction with…
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,…