Category: Places to Visit
Soldiers’ Monument New Britain Connecticut
New Britain is a small city in Connecticut with a population of just over 74,000. In the Civil War period, only about 10,000 people lived…
Cooperstown New York Civil War Monument and Abner Doubleday Field
Cooperstown is one of America’s best known small towns. If I say I am going to Cooperstown, no one asks me where the town is…
National Park Service to Close Centers Where Rangers Learn How to Be Rangers
The Interior Department said that the two main training center for National Park personnel will have those programs closed down. These two sites train hundreds…
NY Times Reports on Historical Plaques Under Review for Removal at National Park Sites
This article on the potential removal of historical and other signage at the National Parks appeared in todays New York Times. Here are substantial excerpts:…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Delhi New York
Delhi, N.Y. is a small town that is the county seat in Delaware County. It’s population is currently 4,795, not that much bigger than its…
Adminstration Cracking Down on UnAmerican National Park Service Gift Shops
Yesterday I saw that there si a crackdown on UnAmerican gifts shops when I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack..The Interior Department is following President Trump’s…
Corbit’s Charge Monument at Westminster Maryland An Opening of the Battle of Gettysburg
While many of the monuments I have visited date back almost to the Civil War, there are a fairly large number modern monuments erected in…
Call Your Senator Today to Try to Save the National Park Service from a 37% Cut in Funding
The Trump administration has proposed a 37% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Spangler Farm & Hospital at Gettysburg
Most students of the American Civil War associate the Spangler family with Gettysburg. As a kid my parents took me to Spangler Spring so I…
Today Is The Rally for the National Parks at Gettysburg
Today is the rally for the National Parks at Gettysburg. So far this year nearly 13% of National Park staff have either resigned or received…