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Ulysses S. Grant Cottage Offers 4th of July Celebration

If you are looking for something historic for 4th of July, you might want to go to the celebration at Grant Cottage above Saratoga in…

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Fort Schuyler Where the Irish Brigade Trained in The Bronx

This week I recount my visit to a rich historical site with great views and a unique natural setting that was appreciated as much by…

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Posted in Civil War Monuments

Captain Dermody Triangle in Queens Honoring an Immigrant Abolitionist

Captain William Dermody Triangle in Bayside, Queens honors an officer of the Army of the Potomac killed at Spotsylvania in 1864. Dermody was from Bayside…

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Rare Opportunity to See “Juneteenth” and the Emancipation Proclamation at National Archives on June 19

Tomorrow is the last day the special exhibit displaying the Union Army order that was distributed in Galveston on June 19, 1865 and the Emancipation…

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Long Island Black Civil War Naval Landsman Gets Headstone for Juneteenth

The Society of  Grand Army of the Republic dedicated a veteran’s Civil War headstone over a previously unmarked gravesite at the Hauppauge United Methodist Church…

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Juneteenth Celebration at Grant’s Cottage in the Adirondacks

On Juneteenth (June 19, 2023) the Grant Cottage in Upstate New York will have two programs honoring the National Holiday. Here is the press release…

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Civil War Delafield Cannon in Fort Greene Park Brooklyn Photo Tour

Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn is a heavily visited park in one of New York State’s most densely populated neighborhoods. The Fort itself was part…

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Posted in Civil War Lincoln

Free Symposium on Researching Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction

The Abraham Lincoln Association is Holding a Symposium Saturday, June 17, 2023 — 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. RSVP…

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June 17, 2023 New Exhibit on the Abolition of Slavery at Harrisburg Civil War Museum

The Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. will open a new exhibit on the pre-Civil War attempts to abolish slavery. Here is the description from…

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Kevin Levin on Robert Gould Shaw Before He Came to Command the 54th Massachusetts

Kevin Levin, author of Searching For Black Confederates and Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder, speaks about Robert Gould Shaw before his…

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