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New Paltz Rural Cemetery Civil War Monument
Note: This Page is Under Construction. The monument commemorating New Paltz’s Civil War dead is in the town’s New Paltz Rural Cemetery. If you drive…
Huntington Civil War Statue, Memorial Hall, and Cannon
Huntington’s Civil War statue, among the best known Civil War monuments on Long Island, was dedicated by the Huntington Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Association on…
Roslyn Civil War Monument
The Roslyn Cemetery holds inside it a seemingly ancient statue of a Civil War soldier. While the monument was erected in 1902, the statue was…
Historical Marker Dedicated for General Philippe Régis de Trobriand in Sayville, Long Island, NY
A marker was erected this week in Sayville on Long Island in New York marking where Brevet Major General Philippe Régis de Trobriand is buried…
New Rochelle Civil War Soldier’s Monument Photo Tour
My Photo Tour this week is of the Civil War Soldiers’ Monument in New Rochelle, New York in Westchester County along Long Island Sound. The…
Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Rochester Airport
The airport at Rochester, New York unveiled a statue of Frederick Douglass last Friday. The airport, Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, is named for…
Photo Tour of Civil War Monument & Union Graves in Nyack, NY
Nyack, New York is one of the most driven-through of the Hudson River villages in the Mid-Hudson Region. The western terminus of the new Mario…
Soldiers’ Memorial Fountain in Poughkeepsie Was Erected During the Reconstruction Era to Honor the Region’s Union Troops
The Soldiers’ Memorial Fountain and Park in Poughkeepsie is an early example of the use of decorative architecture to memorialize the Union struggle during the…
A “Torrent of Immigrants” Arrive in New York April 1869
While we think of the Reconstruction Era as a time of change and reaction in the South, the North was also being remade. Immigration spiked…
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