Category: Places to Visit
Boston Sphinx Memorializes the Union Dead of the Civil War & Slavery’s End
Mount Auburn Cemetery was one of the first “Rural Cemeteries” in the United States. Cemeteries before the 19th Century were adjoining churches or on available…
The Original Monument to the First Bull Run
Now that the Spring has sprung, I am going to take you to some monuments away from the cities. I went to a conference at…
New York State Awards $500,000 to Develop Underground Railroad Corridor
New York State has announced that it is giving out a grant to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State to start developing a…
Abraham Lincoln Statue at New-York Historical Society
One of the most photographed statues of Abraham Lincoln is the recently erected Lincoln at the New York Historical Society. While it is frequently photographed…
Liberty State Park Train Station
The harbor-fronting train station at Liberty State Park had begun to be built in 1860. Earth being removed for construction in Manhattan was shipped across…
Civil War Monument in Pittsfield Mass. Where Ball Playing Was Not Allowed!
Pittsfield, Massachusetts is an old mill town in the Western part of the state, just a half-hour away from Albany. I drove through snow in…
Freeport Memorial Library on Long Island, N.Y.
Freeport is a lively village on Long Island’s South Shore. It has slips that access the Great South Bay and it is just a bridge…
Bridgeport Ct. Mountain Grove Cemetery Pro Patria Monument
Bridgeport was a fairly modest city at the time of the Civil War. It was known as a developing mill town and a shipping port…
Great Falls National Historic Park at Paterson NJ
Typically I take you to monuments constructed to mark historic events or to honor people directly involved in Reconstruction or the Civil War. However, I…
Union Memorial at Greenfield Cemetery Near Hempstead, N.Y.
Although I have worked in Hempstead for over thirty-five years, I did not know that a cemetery on the border between Uniondale and Hempstead has…
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