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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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National Park Archeologists for South Fired-10 Out of 17 Were Let Go

A unit of archeologists based in Florida, but whose work is throughout the states of the old Confederacy east of the Mississippi River, has seen…

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New Talking Points Issued to National Park Service Staffers on Describing Recent Firings

ProPublica reports that late in February National Parks sites across the country received an email on “talking points” after the round of firings of staff…

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Frederick Douglass Our Composite Nation Exhibit New-York Historical Society

The life-sized figure of Frederick Douglass in the interior of the New-York Historical Society is not painting, it is a statue that is exactly based…

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Judge Orders Fired National Park Service Staff Back to Work-Appeal Likely

A Federal District Court Judge has issued an order today that may return fired National Park Employees (NPS) to their jobs. The NPS is part…

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Arlington National Cemetery Website Deletes Civil War & Black, Hispanic, and Women Webpages

The military affairs journal Task & Purpose writes that Arlington Cemetery has made changes to its website in recent weeks. Webpages that were devoted to…

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Civil War Camp Nelson in Kentucky Loses Nearly a Quarter of Staff

Three full-time staffers at Camp Nelson in Kentucky have been fired as a result of the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” This National Park Service site…

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The Civil War Origins of the 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship Panel Discussion

Video is at bottom of article! A couple of weeks ago I was part of a panel discussion put on by Emerging Civil War on…

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Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg published by Simon & Schuster (2025). Judith Giesberg…

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List of Civil War Sites Where Permanent Staff Have Been Fired by National Park Service

For the last five weeks we have been receiving reports of layoffs within the National Park Service. When the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place…

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