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Category Archives: Monuments
Removal of Confederate Monuments from National Parks?
A reader sent to me yesterday a copy of the proposed 2021 appropriation for the Department of the Interior, which includes the National Park Service, and he called to my attention to an item on pg. 160 of the appropriation: … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged appropriations, deferred maintenance, legislation, monuments, National Park Service
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What’s In a (Confederate) Name?
Visitors to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis are engulfed in history. The magnificent grounds on the Severn River (known officially as “the yard”) abound in monuments, plaques, halls, and displays memorializing the nation’s naval heritage. Names of heroes … Continue reading
The State of A.P. Hill’s Physical Remains
Most of Richmond’s monuments no longer stand where Confederate organizations placed them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Protesters pulled down several, including Jefferson Davis and Williams Wickham, and the city expedited the removal of the remainder in … Continue reading
“Stonewall Jackson is Down”
We had bushwhacked our way from the 17th Michigan Monument along Burnside Drive up through the woods to Heth’s Salient—a lesser-known part of the Spotsylvania Battlefield but one worth seeing. Doug Crenshaw and Bert Dunkerly had come up from Richmond … Continue reading
A Visit to Richmond’s Monument Avenue
On Monday, June 22, I visited Richmond’s Monument Avenue to see for myself the effects of recent protests. You can see video from that trip on ECW’s YouTube page. What follows is an account of that trip. Some readers may … Continue reading
All For the Union, 1910
From Elisha Hunt Rhodes of the 2nd Rhode Island, author of All For the Union, from a speech given at the 44th Annual Encampment, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. April 6 and 7, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Primary Sources
Tagged Elisha Hunt Rhodes, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, statues
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The Bust of Grant and the Indiscriminate Destruction of Monuments
For some people, Ulysses S. Grant’s monument in San Francisco toppled last Friday not with a clang but with a loud “I told you so.” “First, it’s Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, but just you wait,” those people have … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Revolutionary War, Ties to the War
Tagged Andrew Jackson, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Francis Scott Key, Grant monument, Grant's Last Battle, Jefferson Davis statue, Jefferson statue, Lincoln Memorial, monuments, Philip Schuyler, Robert E. Lee statue, Robert Schmid, San Francisco, slavery, slippery slope, St. Junipero Serra, Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington statue, Williams Wickham statue
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History vs. Memory: Statues of Stonewall Offer a Lesson
Do we erase history when we take down a statue? That’s a question at the core of recent debate concerning Confederate monuments. Personally, I’m not convinced we do, but I do know we erase memory. However, the distinction between “memory” … Continue reading
Resources Related to This Week’s Headlines
Confederate culture—and what, if anything, to do about it—has dominated headlines this past week. I wanted to wrap up our Sunday with a hodge-podge of stuff, some serious and some not-so-much, that might provide readers with additional food for thought. … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Confederate monuments, current events, military bases
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A Night of Protesting on the Streets of Richmond
On Saturday evening, June 6th, I accompanied the “Shut It Down” march through Richmond as part of the larger Black Lives Matter rallies in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Across the country we are having discussions … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Ties to the War
Tagged Black Lives Matter, monument avenue, protest, Richmond, Williams C. Wickham
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