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National Park Service Awards Restoration Grants for Four Civil War Battle Sites

The National Park Service announced this week that it was awarding its first grants under the new Battlefield Restoration Grants program. Four sites were selected…

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Podcast: Jill Ogline Titus, on Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in Americas Most Famous Small Town

Gerry Prokopowicz of Civil War Talk Radio has a fascinating interview with Jill Ogline Titus, author of Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and…

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Pennsylvania Gov Candidate Doug Mastriano Welcomed Heavily Armed “Militia” at Gettysburg in 2020

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano welcomed heavily armed far-right “militiamen” who occupied Gettysburg National Military Park on July 4, 2020. He posted video of his…

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Video of Talk by Jill Titus on How the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Was Celebrated in 1963

Dr. Jill Titus, author of Gettysburg 1963, gave a lecture this year on how the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated in…

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Children of Gettysburg 1863 Museum Now Open at Gettysburg

A new museum focused on helping children visiting Gettysburg learn about what happened there in 1863 has been opened by the non-profit Gettysburg Foundation. Called…

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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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Changes to Pa. Markers for Gettysburg Campaign & Chambersburg Burning Denounced as Woke

Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum Commission has changed the signage marking Confederate troop movements in McConnellsburg, Fulton County. McConnellsburg is and hour’s drive west of Gettysburg,…

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Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus

Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus published by University of North…

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“Killed at Gettysburg” Project Offers Life Stories of Soldiers Who Lost Their Lives

Ove the last three years the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College has been compiling the life stories of men killed at Gettysburg in 1863….

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Civil War Institute Video Tour of Rose and Codori Farms

The Civil War Institute has another tour posted. This one looks at two iconic farms on the Gettysburg battlefield. The tour is called “War at…

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