Category: Places to Visit
Interior Department Is Looking At Material From Harpers Ferry That May Be Removed
For the last three weeks I have been looking through the hundreds of files that were leaked in the Department of the Interior covert review…
Displays At Arlington House Where Robert E Lee Lived May Be Removed
Arlington House, in Virginia across from Washington D.C, is one of the most viewed Civil War sites in the country. Sitting on a prominent hill…
Underground Railroad Museum in Albany Lose Funding Under Crusade Against Black History
The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany has filed a lawsuit against the Federal government claiming that the government has wrongfully withheld $250,000 in Federal…
Brochure at Dry Tortugas National Park that May Be Discontinued
The Dry Tortugas National Park may be one of the most remote locations of any park having to do with the Civil War. The Dry…
Displays at Antietam That Are Under Review for Removal
We are looking at the displays and literature from around the National Parks having to do with the Civil War and Reconstruction that have been…
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Panels That May Be Taken Down
Andrew Johnson was the president in the last weeks of the Civil War. After the Confederate armies had surrendered, he became the principal architect of…
National Park Service Police Are Working With ICE to Arrest Immigrants
After years of outreach to Latino communities to welcome this underserved groups, the National Park Police is teaming up with ICE to arrest and deport…
Oak Hill Cemetery G.A.R. Section Vineland, N.J.
I posted recently about the large monument in Downtown Vineland, New Jersey. On the same trip I visited the nearby Oak Hill Cemetery in the…
Wayside Panels May be Removed at Bull Run
Manassas National Battlefield Park, where the first major battle of the Civil War was fought, has two panels that have been called into question under…
Kingsley Planation’s Brochure and Exhibits Are Under Review By Interior Department for Their Slavery Depictions
Timucuan Preserve is next to Jacksonville in Florida. In is a giant wetland along the St. John’s River and the Atlantic Ocean. Contained within it…