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“Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom” Statue Goes on Display in White Plains, NY

Last Saturday the City of White Plains in New York celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman by unveiling the statue “Harriet…

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Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Activities in Her Home Town of Auburn, N.Y. in 2022

2022 is the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman’s birth. Last month the Washington Post had an interesting article on the celebration of Tubman’s birth at her…

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Around the Web April 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

March was a most unusual month for me. I spent the last third of it hospitalized at the NYU hosital in Mineola, on Long Island….

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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,…

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Four Sites Added to NPS Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

The Reconstruction Era National Historical Park announced the addition of four new sites to its Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. Here is the announcement from…

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History Teacher on How State History Standards Undermine the Teaching of Reconstruction

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca has an interesting column in the Washington Post today. Wolfe Rocca teaches American history and works with the Zinn Education Project on state…

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Eric Foner Reviews New Book on How Union Financed the Civil War By Roger Lowenstein

The New York Times has a very favorable review by Eric Foner of a new book on the financing of the Civil War. WAYS AND…

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About that Meme Showing a Charge by a “Black Confederate Regiment”

A new meme is making the rounds supposedly showing a charge by a unit of “Black Confederates.” The meme notes that on March 13, 1865…

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Around the Web March 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Blogs Hulk Lawyer has been a sensation over the last month. He “is” an invented “Black Confederate” who debuted at a Board of Education meetings….

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The Pat Cleburne Emancipation Proposal Tells Us a Lot About the Cause He Served Civil War Reconstruction Podcast

Pat Cleburne was a hard-fighting Irish immigrant who rose to the rank of Major General in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. In 1864 he shocked…

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