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Author Archives: Sarah Kay Bierle
ECW Weekender: Prince William County’s Virtual History Lectures
Need to put something historic on your calendar for the coming weeks? They don’t technically fall on weekends, but these lectures are something you’ll be able to explore and experience from the safety of home this winter season. Starting on … Continue reading
Posted in ECW Weekender, Upcoming Events
Tagged ECW Weekender, Prince William County, Upcoming Events, virtual tour, Weekender
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1861, 2021: The Sound of Conflict, The Voice of Birds
It is about 5:10pm on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as I’m writing this. I’m listening to and watching a live-stream from a WUSA9 team, which is positioned on the north side of the capital building. Law enforcement officers—I’m not sure … Continue reading
Posted in Primary Sources
Tagged LeRoy Wiley Gresham, U.S. Capitol, us capitol, Washington D.C.
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What We’ve Learned: How To Spell Sesquicentennial? (And Much More)
Ten years ago? I was sitting in California (actually still in high school in 2011) snickering at the word Sesquicentennial, which I think I called an “eye-chart” and never could quite spell correctly. But secretly…I was jealous. I read the … Continue reading
Opossum for Christmas Dinner?
Arthur J. Robinson of Company E, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, had a unique Christmas Dinner in 1863, and in 1913 the veteran published his account in verse form. When he wrote the account, only two veterans survived from the eight … Continue reading
Fredericksburg: Voices from the Crisis Point
Following the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 11-15, 1862, Union soldiers who had survived, retreated across, the river and returned to their camps had to face devastating reality. The horrors they had gone through and witnessed crowned a year of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, battle aftermath, Battle of Fredericksburg, George Tillotson, newspaper
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A Lincoln Christmas Card from 1924
This has been a week of addressing and signing LOTS of holiday cards. My personal list and helping out at work. Honestly, I just love it! It’s a part of keeping a good piece of the past alive and cherishing … Continue reading
Moving Memory: Virginia Military Institute’s Stonewall Jackson Statue
The boy who became the sculptor stood guard over the dead general’s casket. We don’t know if he ever saw him alive, though it is possible their paths may have crossed on a spring day in Richmond when the Civil … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: New York State Capitol’s Flag Room (Virtual Tour)
A new six minute video highlights some of the 2,200 flags preserved in the Flag Room of the New York State Capitol. Most of the flags were used by New York troops from the War of 1812 through the modern … Continue reading
Posted in ECW Weekender, Preservation
Tagged battle flag, ECW Weekender, New York State, virtual tour, Weekender
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