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Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who knew? (Part 2)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson Part 2 (Part 1 is available here.) The story of how a memorial to Confederate soldiers landed on Martha’s Vineyard in 1925 actually begins in 1891. That’s when the Soldiers’ Memorial Fountain, topped by a zinc statue of a Union soldier, was erected in Oak Bluffs […]
Read more...Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who Knew? (Part 1)
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Rob Wilson My home state of Massachusetts, like its five New England sister states, proudly displays a rich Civil War legacy. Many municipal parks and public buildings here feature a monument or memorial tablet remembering those soldiers, sailors and marines who served the Union in the struggle that […]
Read more...New Job, New History
ECW welcomes back guest author Samuel Flowers One of the great things about being from North Carolina is that every town boasts Civil War history and memory. I recently took a job as an assistant professor with Louisburg College, a small school in Franklin County, north of Raleigh. On the campus lawn near the chapel, […]
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