Category: Places to Visit
The Signage at Manassas That Is Slated for Removal by the National Park Service
I went to the Bull Run Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia last year and saw the new signage near the Stonewall Jackson Equestrian Statue on Henry…
Beginning September 17, 2025 Some References to Slavery Will Be Removed from Civil War Sites Under the National Park Service
The New York Times is reporting that this week the National Park Service will begin taking down objects and signs that deal with slavery. This…
Washington Post: National Park Service Is Taking Down References to Slavery at Historic Sites
The Washington Post published an article this week reporting that leadership within the National Park Service (NPS) is ordering material referencing slavery at some NPS…
Some National Parks Are Having Problems Dealing With Heavy Cutbacks This Year
Since January, 24% of National Park Service staff have either been fired or have quit. In a recent spreadsheet prepared by the National Park Service…
Portland Oregon Grand Army of the Republic Statue
I went to Portland, Oregon this summer, my first time ever out there. Before I went I tried looking up any monuments in the city…
National Museum of African History and Culture D.C.
I first went to the Smithsonian back when I was in eighth grade and about to graduate from my elementary school. I loved going there,…
Admiral Farragut Statue in Madison Square By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
The Farragut monument at the north end of Madison Square Park in Manhattan is, according to the New York City Parks Department, “one of the…
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…