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Robert Smalls Weekend in the Crucible of Secession

The question of how far we’ve come in expanding and correcting certain elements of our collective memory of the Civil War has come up on a number of occasions on [...]

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Civil War Through Civil Rights: Our Nation’s Journey

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My Adventures in the National Park Service

If I could do it all over again I would earn a degree in public history and work for the National Park Service at a historic site.  Over the past [...]

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Preserving Southern Heritage and History

Inside Outside Click here for more on yesterday’s grand opening of the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox.

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Is Richmond Burning or Beginning Anew?

[H/T to Jubilo! The Emancipation Century] This popular Currier & Ives print from 1865, depicting the evacuation of Richmond, Virginia, is one of the most popular images of the city [...]

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