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National Park Service Awards Restoration Grants for Four Civil War Battle Sites
The National Park Service announced this week that it was awarding its first grants under the new Battlefield Restoration Grants program. Four sites were selected…
Four Sites Added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Four new sites have been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network These sites are, according to National Parks Traveller: The Gilmore Cabin at…
This Weekend Abolitionist Roots of the Women’s Rights Movement at Seneca Falls, N.Y. July 15-17 2022
For the first time in three years, the Women’s Rights National Historic Park will commemorate the 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Convention in-person. Here is info…
New Monument to USCT Dedicated in Ypsilanti On Juneteenth Holiday
On the Federal Juneteenth holiday on Monday, a new monument to the United States Colored Troops was unveiled in Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Pictured…
Historic Marker Commemorating Union Army Liberation of Richmond Destroyed Before Anniversary
In 2020, a new historic marker commemorating the Union Army’s liberation of Richmond, Virginia was erected by the State of Virginia. It was recently destroyed,…
Col. Fremont Not A Roman Catholic-The Religious Divide in the 1856 Election
John C. Fremont was a national hero in the 1840s after he led exploratory expeditions in the West. Dubbed “The Pathfinder of the West,” he…
New York Times Reviews The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine
This week, the New York Times reviewed The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine from W.W….
Two Brothers Separated By Civil War in Maryland Lie Next to Each Other in Brooklyn
Michele and I decided to visit Civil War-related graves and monuments at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn to commemorate Memorial Day back in 2018. We stopped…
Judge Orders Confederate Statue Near Courthouse Removed
Roanoke County Circuit Judge Charles Dorsey ordered a Confederate statue removed from next county courthouse grounds. This is the first time such an order has…
American Legion Suspends Post that Cut-Off Veteran’s Mic at Memorial Day Ceremony
The decision to cut-off the mic of retired Lt. Col. Bernard Kemter at a Memorial Day commemoration in Hudson, Ohio when he described an 1865…