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St. Patrick’s Day in the Irish Brigade

by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Although Ireland is one of the smallest countries in Europe, Irish Americans form the…

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Brief Submitted to Supreme Court in Defense of the Reconstruction Right to Birthright Citizenship

On February 25, 2026 two historians submitted an amicus brief in a case challenging President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing Birthright Citizenship from children born in…

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Plan to Have Visitors Report UnAmerican National Park Rangers Fails

Signs have gone up at National Parks across the country warning visitors that there may be interpretive plaques or information from Rangers that may be…

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Sheriff Covering Gettysburg Posts Bloody “Protester Edition” Ram Truck in Reaction to Local Rallies

James Muller,, the Sheriff of Adams County in Gettysburg, posted on his personal Facebook page an image of a truck covered in what appears to…

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Grant Aide Ely Parker Removed from Pentagon Web Site

Ulysses S. Grant’s aide, Seneca Tonawanda Native American Ely Parker, was profiled on the Defense Department’s website as an historical portrait. The Washington Post revealed…

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Call Congress to Support National Park Service Staff In Opposition to Layoffs

On Thursday roughly 1,000 National Park Service (NPS) personnel were fired. While the administration has said these were recent hires, in fact many of 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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Long Island Black Civil War Soldier to Have Marker Placed Near His Oyster Bay House

Long Island’s Town of Oyster Bay will unveil an historical marker on Carll Hill Road telling the story behind the naming of the road. David…

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N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction Plans Exhibit on Wilmington Massacre

North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction has announced that it plans an immersive exhibit on the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. The…

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Twenty-Five Civil War & Reconstruction Historians File Amicus Brief With Supreme Court on 14th Amendment Insurrection Clause

Twenty-five historians have filed a “Friend of the Court” (amicus curiae) brief with the Supreme Court giving the history of the 14th Amendment’s “Insurrection Clause”…

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