Category: Places to Visit
Camp Nelson National Monument Kentucky Where Colored Troops Trained and Their Families Were Expelled
Last month I posted pictures of a whole lot of Civil War and Reconstruction sites from a Confederate cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, to General Grant’s…
Poll from 2025 Shows Americans Don’t Support the Attacks on the Smithsonian
With all the attention given to President Trump’s effort to clamp down on the Smithsonian, including placing signs around the museums denigrating the Smithsonian, how…
The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument is the tallest and largest monument in Indiana. I had never visited Indianapolis before and as we came…
Historian David Blight on the Attack on the Smithsonian History Museum
One of the preeminent Civil War and Reconstruction historians, David Blight, wrote an article today on the president’s attack on the Smithsonian. Here is some…
The Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum Is Now Open Focusing on the Monument and Lincoln
If you can avoid the green Reflecting Pool, try to make your way to the Lincoln Memorial. I have visited the Memorial several dozens of…
Civilian Reports on National Park “Wokeness” Are Released
Right after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, he issued one of his first Executive Orders commanding the the National Park System restore “sanity”…
Grant Cottage Having Community Day June 13 Near Saratoga New York With Free Tours
The Grant Cottage near Saratoga is having a free day to visit and enjoy more than a dozen activities. This day has programs for both…
Last Chance to Comment on New Arch Being Proposed for Washington Before It’s Approval
The Trump Triumphal Arch already has a design that is controversial because of its aesthetic qualities and because of where it would be placed. The…
Where Varina and Winne Davis Lived After Jefferson Davis’s Death
A fine hotel from the 19th Century where Varina Davis and her daughter Winnie lived after Jefferson Davis’s death is still standing and is a…
Wilmington Delaware Soldiers And Sailors Monument
Wilmington is a small city in the north of Delaware. At the time of the Civil War, there were more than 21,000 people living there….