Add to ORKGToday the Sons of Confederate Veterans ‘celebrated’ the confederate flag at the Peace Light Memorial on the battlefields of Gettysburg. The same battlefields where some of their ancestors suffered a pivotal defeat, and then kidnapped free Black Americans as they fled south. When I found out the SCV had obtained a permit from the National Park Service, I did likewise so I could stand up there with my homemade sign that connects the confederate flag to some of its most seminal moments in history: fighting for slavery in 1863, fighting for segregation in 1962, and murdering nine black South Carolinians in 2015. [excerpt
Hello again, readers. I hope you enjoyed the summer and are now as eager as I am to jump back into o...
There is little controversy in claiming that the Civil War casts a long shadow. Whether you’re a his...
Saturday, September 8th, saw a powerful collaboration between the Civil War Institute, Antietam Nati...
The normally quiet town of Gettysburg was once more disrupted by battle when two groups of protester...
For many United States Colored Troops, remembering the Civil War and their comrades who fell in it b...
African-Americans have always been a part of Gettysburg’s community fabric. Slaves belonging to Samu...
Thus far we’ve talked about predominately white Union and Confederate views of the Confederate flag,...
As an intern this past summer at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I came a...
On June 15, 1863, Albert Jenkins’s Confederate cavalry brigade became the first of Lee’s men to ente...
Every year over a million visitors flood Adams County, Pennsylvania to tour the famous, or rather in...
When it comes to symbols of emancipation, President Abraham Lincoln is king. No other person is more...
On March 3, Gettysburg Rising–a group that encourages civic engagement by sharing information–hosted...
The following address, “100 Years After Lincoln\u27s Gettysburg Address” by E. Washington Rhodes, ed...
The first time I learned the story of the Bryan family and their Gettysburg farm was when I read Ta-...
I was very pleased to be one of the two speakers at Sunday night\u27s inaugural Journey to Remember...
Hello again, readers. I hope you enjoyed the summer and are now as eager as I am to jump back into o...
There is little controversy in claiming that the Civil War casts a long shadow. Whether you’re a his...
Saturday, September 8th, saw a powerful collaboration between the Civil War Institute, Antietam Nati...
The normally quiet town of Gettysburg was once more disrupted by battle when two groups of protester...
For many United States Colored Troops, remembering the Civil War and their comrades who fell in it b...
African-Americans have always been a part of Gettysburg’s community fabric. Slaves belonging to Samu...
Thus far we’ve talked about predominately white Union and Confederate views of the Confederate flag,...
As an intern this past summer at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I came a...
On June 15, 1863, Albert Jenkins’s Confederate cavalry brigade became the first of Lee’s men to ente...
Every year over a million visitors flood Adams County, Pennsylvania to tour the famous, or rather in...
When it comes to symbols of emancipation, President Abraham Lincoln is king. No other person is more...
On March 3, Gettysburg Rising–a group that encourages civic engagement by sharing information–hosted...
The following address, “100 Years After Lincoln\u27s Gettysburg Address” by E. Washington Rhodes, ed...
The first time I learned the story of the Bryan family and their Gettysburg farm was when I read Ta-...
I was very pleased to be one of the two speakers at Sunday night\u27s inaugural Journey to Remember...
Hello again, readers. I hope you enjoyed the summer and are now as eager as I am to jump back into o...
There is little controversy in claiming that the Civil War casts a long shadow. Whether you’re a his...
Saturday, September 8th, saw a powerful collaboration between the Civil War Institute, Antietam Nati...