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National Parks Have Assembled List of Displays & Literature For Possible Removal

Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article on the newly released files that the National Park Service put together in response to the Interior Department’s…

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Atlanta History Center to Open New Exhibit on the Civil War Era

In July of 2026 the Atlanta History Center will open a new exhibit on the causes of the Civil War, the war itself, and Reconstruction….

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Appeals Court Allows National Park Service to Halt Replacing Slavery Panels on President’s House in Philly

Last week a Federal District Court Judge told the National Park Service (NPS) to restore historical panels that explained George Washington’s relation to slavery a…

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Slavery Exhibit Restored at President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia

With a court-imposed deadline of Friday, Feb. 19 to restore dismantled exhibits on slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia, the National Park Service has…

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Merchant’s House in Manhattan Has a Recently Discovered Passage for the Underground Railroad

Merchant’s house in New York City has recently uncovered a hidden passageway that historians say was used by the owners to hide slaves on the…

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Civil War Memorial Vineland NJ

Vineland, New Jersey was founded in the midst of the Civil War in 1861. Charles Landis, a Utopian, started it as a planned community. He…

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Judge Orders National Park Service to Put Up Signage on Slavery at the President’s House in Philly that Was Removed by Executive Order

A Federal Judge issued an order to the Trump administration to restore panels taken down at the President’s House in Philadelphia that describe George Washington’s…

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Soldiers Monument Ansonia Connecticut

Ansonia, Ct. is a small city of 19,000 inhabitants. At the time of the Civil War, the area had fewer than 3,000 people. The Soldiers…

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Judge Tells National Park Service to Stop Making Changes to Presidents’ House in Philadelphia

Last week a Federal Court judge was extremely critical of the National Park Service (NPS) and the Trump administration for having surreptitiously taken down panels…

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Judge Says the Removing of Panels on Slavery from the Presidents’ House in Philly Is “Horrifying”

Last week, the Trump Administration took down historical panels outside the Presidents’ House in Philadelphia that referred to slavery. The house was lived in by…

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