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Posted in Memory of Reconstruction Movies

Three Civil War/Reconstruction Era Films Make Smithsonian’s 10 Best History Movies of the Decade

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: December 30, 2019  3 Comments on Three Civil War/Reconstruction Era Films Make Smithsonian’s 10 Best History Movies of the Decade

Smithsonian Magazine just released its list of the ten best history movies of the 2010s and it includes three films about the Civil War and…

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13th Amendment Documents and Commentary

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: June 12, 2019  Leave a Comment on 13th Amendment Documents and Commentary

On December 15, 1865 Sec. of State William Seward announced that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery had been ratified and that it was now the…

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