Posted in Places to Visit Slavery

Virginia Governor’s Mansion Tours No Longer Mentions Slavery Now That Youngkin Is Governor

NPR reports that Virginia Governor’s Mansion tour in Richmond no longer mentions slavery. Up until the late 20th Century the tours of the historic home…

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Posted in Civil War

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Confederate Apologist Appointee Resigns

Last week I wrote about Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s naming of Ann Hunter McLean of Richmond to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. McLean went…

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Virginia Gov. Youngkin on the Defensive After Advisor’s Pro-Confederate Statements

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin threw down once again in the “History Wars” that seem to have captured the popular right-wing imagination since the killing of…

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