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Charlotte Forten Grimke Statue in Salem, Massachusetts

If you ever go to Salem, Massachusetts to visit both the historic sites in the town and to fund the whacky tourist industry focused on…

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Liberty Square Entry Point to Ft. Sumter Has Exhibits Under Review for Violating President’s Executive Order

Liberty Square in Charleston is known to almost everyone visiting Fort Sumter in the Harbor. The park is near where visitors get on the ferry…

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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Has Displays Flagged for Violating President’s Executive Order at Cane River

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom was created through an Act of Congress passed in 1998 which gave the National Park Service responsibility for…

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Underground Railroad Museum in Albany Lose Funding Under Crusade Against Black History

The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany has filed a lawsuit against the Federal government claiming that the government has wrongfully withheld $250,000 in Federal…

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Brochure at Dry Tortugas National Park that May Be Discontinued

The Dry Tortugas National Park may be one of the most remote locations of any park having to do with the Civil War. The Dry…

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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…

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Merchant’s House in Manhattan Has a Recently Discovered Passage for the Underground Railroad

Merchant’s house in New York City has recently uncovered a hidden passageway that historians say was used by the owners to hide slaves on the…

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Judge Tells National Park Service to Stop Making Changes to Presidents’ House in Philadelphia

Last week a Federal Court judge was extremely critical of the National Park Service (NPS) and the Trump administration for having surreptitiously taken down panels…

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Pete Hegseth’s Religious Advisor Rev. Doug Wilson: More on Civil War and Slavery

Back in August I posted several articles on Pete Hegseth’s religious advisor. Doug Wilson is the head of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)…

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in NYC Loses Material on Slavery

The Washington Post reports today that “a display at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City was taken down for making reference to historical…

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