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Salisbury Soldiers’ Monument Conn.

Salisbury, Connecticut is a small town in the Litchfield Hills just an hour from New York City. It was first settled by Europeans in 1720….

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Ireland Famine Monument Dublin

Most Americans have at least heard of Ireland’s “Potato Famine” during which one million died of hunger and related diseases and another million fled Ireland…

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Lincoln & Barnum Statues at Bethel, Connecticut, Library

Bethel in Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. While there are cities in the southern part of that county, the area around Bethel…

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Fort Sumter Sullivan’s Island Bench Being Flagged for Violating President’s Executive Order

Sullivan’s Island across from Fort Sumter, is the site of the important Civil War fortification Fort Moultrie. Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historic Site…

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Junior Ranger Book From Arlington House Has Been Flagged for Review for Violating President’s Directive

If you have ever been to a National Park with kids you will often find that the Rangers will introduce you children to the Junior…

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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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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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