Category: Underground Railroad
Outcry Against National Park for Altering the History of the Underground Railroad Succeeds!
The outcry against the National Park Service over its altering of the history of the Underground Railroad on its website has succeeded, at least for…
National Park Service Rewrites History of Underground Railroad (and it ain’t good)
The new administration has made a lot of changes in how the National Park Service (NPS), the military, and other agencies present American history. Today’s…
Percival Everett’s “James” Receives National Book Award for Retelling of Hunk Finn
Last night, the new book James by Percival Everett won the National Book Award for Fiction. The book is a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures…
Chambersburg’s Memorial Fountain for Union Troops & “The Burning of Chambersburg”
The women’s groups of Franklin County, Pennsylvania met on Memorial Day in 1868 and agreed they wanted to honor their men for serving in the…
Harriet Tubman & Thomas Garrett Statue in Wilmington, Delaware
For the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the citizens of Wilmington, Delaware erected a new statue in the revived Riverfront Park along the Christina River…
John W. Jones Black Abolitionist & Keeper of Elmira POW Cemetery Has New Statue Erected
The John W. Jones Museum in Elmira has newly erected statue of Jones. He was a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery in Virginia and…
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