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Video: The War Over Memory at Bull Run Battlefield

Historian Tyler McGraw has a good video at Emerging Civil War where he discusses the impending removal of signage explaining the history behind the erection…

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The Signage at Manassas That Is Slated for Removal by the National Park Service

I went to the Bull Run Battlefield at Manassas, Virginia last year and saw the new signage near the Stonewall Jackson Equestrian Statue on Henry…

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Beginning September 17, 2025 Some References to Slavery Will Be Removed from Civil War Sites Under the National Park Service

The New York Times is reporting that this week the National Park Service will begin taking down objects and signs that deal with slavery. This…

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Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park & Historical Vindication of the Confederacy

At its 1926 Convention, the Sons of Confederate Veterans spent a lot of time on a discussion of an internal dispute over its effort to…

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