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American Civil War Museum in Richmond Opening New Theater
The American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, is opening a new theater at its Tredegar site in June. The Richmond Times Dispatch has a…
Ted Widmer Gives Strong Recommendation of John Avlon’s New Lincoln and the Fight for Peace in WaPo
Ted Widmer, professor at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, has a review in The Washington Post of John Avlon’s new book…
Historic Marker Commemorating Union Army Liberation of Richmond Destroyed Before Anniversary
In 2020, a new historic marker commemorating the Union Army’s liberation of Richmond, Virginia was erected by the State of Virginia. It was recently destroyed,…
The 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, a Black Cavalry Regiment in the Union Army
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
Richmond Unveils Monument to Emancipation at the End of Civil War
This week Richmond, Virginia erects a new monument marking the liberation of the city by Union troops in April 1865 and the end of slavery…
Thoughts on the Removal of the Lee Statue & the Role of Confederate “Heritage” Groups
Those horrified by the removal of Lee’s statue might want to take a look at the role of Confederate Heritage Defenders in promoting the current…
NPR Reports on the Removal of Statues from Monument Avenue in Richmond
Monument Avenue in Richmond was conceived as a whites-only neighborhood where the heroes of the Confederacy would be honored. NPR has a report on the…
Old “White House of the Confederacy” Hosts New Exhibit on “The Lost Cause”
The Richmond mansion that was Jefferson Davis’s residence when he was President of the Confederacy was a sacred shrine after the war to the “Lost…
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