Today Is the 160th Anniversary of Lincoln Signing Law Emancipating Slaves in D.C.
Today is the 160th Anniversary of Emancipation in the District of Columbia. In 1862, Lincoln signed into law a bill ending slavery in the District…
Ted Widmer Gives Strong Recommendation of John Avlon’s New Lincoln and the Fight for Peace in WaPo
Ted Widmer, professor at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, has a review in The Washington Post of John Avlon’s new book…
Caroline Janney Talk on How the Lost Cause Was Created and Why It Was Dominant in the South for 125 Years
This is an excellent discussion of the creation of The Lost Cause mythology of the Civil War. The creation of the myth started at Appomattox…
Washington Post on Black “Son” of Jefferson Davis
The Washington Post had an interesting article today on a Black child whom has been depicted as Confederate President Jeff Davis’s adopted son. The photo…
Podcast on How Former Slaves Incorporated Into Cherokee Nation by Reconstruction Treaty Were Thrown Out and Now Are Back In
The Atlantic Magazine podcast The Experiment has a fascinating episode this month that looks at the status of African Americans descended from those held as…
“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…
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…
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….
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,…
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…