Category: Places to Visit
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…
Panels Under Consideration for Removal at Stones River Battlefield in Tennessee
The Battle of Stones River, or Murfreesboro, was a very important battle in Tennessee that lasted from December 21, 1862 to January 2, 1863. At…
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…
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….
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…
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…