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Yale University Civil War Memorial Hall

In 1895, the Yale Daily News, a student newspaper, began campaigning for Yale to honor its students who fought and died in the Civil War…

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Brewster NY Civil War Monument

Brewster is a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley. I visited its Civil War Monument in January of this year. As has been the…

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Soldiers’ Monument of Waterbury, Conn.

The Waterbury Soldiers’ Monument in Western Connecticut is a monumental sculptural work that demands better care and preservation. Dedicated on October 23, 1884 at the…

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African Methodist Episcopal Church in Coxsackie NY

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Coxsackie, N.Y. is a church that goes back before the time of the Civil War. The church is…

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Sojourner Truth Memorial at Northampton, Mass.

In the Summer I went up into the Hudson Valley to see a statue of Sojourner Truth as a young woman. In the Fall I…

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“Mystic Lincoln” Statue in Jersey City’s Lincoln Park

I know a fair amount about the Civil War and Reconstruction monuments that I visit long before I go to photograph them. I started this…

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Lowell Massachusetts Monument to Three of the First Killed of the Civil War

Lowell, Massachusetts is typically presented in American history books as the place where the Industrial Revolution changed history for working women. In early 1861, the…

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Manchester, New Hampshire Civil War Monument

I was happy to be in New Hampshire for the 2024 New Hampshire Primary, less so for the politicians and more so to photograph the…

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Civil War Memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey

In January, 2024, I went to Jersey City to take photos of the “Mystic Lincoln” statue in Lincoln Park. Not far away from Lincoln, I…

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William Seward Monument at Madison Square Park Lincoln’s Helpmeet

Madison Square Park in Mid-Town Manhattan has a well-known bronze statue of Governor, Senator, and Lincoln’s Secretary of State William Seward (1801–1872). The sculpture was…

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