Some people might call this vandalism, but I call it is a needed correction to the historical record. A Confederate statue in Nashville’s Centennial Park was vandalized late Sunday night with th
Ken Burns is a very skilled filmmaker, but he is a terrible adjudicator of history. Despite his constant claims that he doesn’t take a position, of course he does and it is inevitably one of a c
Parade of Confederate veterans, Jacksonville, Florida, 1914 In the past, although not so much lately, I’ve received comments when writing about issues such as the Civil War that all of this disc
This is a good overview of how horribly the Civil War was taught for a century and how it still shapes people such as Donald Trump today. Until the late 1960s, history curricula in Trump’s home stat
Above: Actual protestor for keeping up New Orleans monument to Jefferson Davis New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu has a good op-ed on why his administration is eliminating the Confederate monuments poll
In these horrible times, one doesn’t have much to cheer. Here’s something! Authorities removed a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans early Thursday, as protester
Another Decoration Day, another day to remember the Union crushing southerners committing treason to defend slavery. Two best tweets of this Memorial Day: The creation of Arlington National Cemetery i
For the 1985 miniseries North and South, the producers hired the greatest actor of his generation to play John Brown. His name? Mr. John R. Cash. Via