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Civil War Trust’s Teacher Institute to Turn Memphis into One Big Classroom Over Summer Break
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito After a busy year of classrooms filled to the brim, day-long meetings, and time-consuming testing, the Civil War Trust thinks history teachers deserve a break—with a little education, of course. That’s why, when the Trust … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Preservation
Tagged Civil War in 4, Civil War Trust, Emily Losito, Jim Percoco, Kris White, Meg Martin, Memphis, Teacher Institute
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WHM Profiles: Before We Wrap Up…
Before we wrap up our series of profiles for Women’s History Month, we have one last “emerging” voice we’d like to recognize: Emerging Civil War Correspondent Emily Losito, whose work this month made our series of profiles possible. Emily is … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Emily Losito, St. Bonaventure, Women's History Month
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WHM Profile: Krista Castillo
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Ever since Krista Castillo was young, she knew she wanted to be involved with history. “I’ve always had this list of life goals that I wrote right before I graduated high school. One of the … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Paige Gibbons-Backus
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Walking through most museums, one becomes trapped behind barriers, peering through glass-encased artifacts, and shunned from touching practically everything. However, at Ben Lomond Historic Site in Manassas, Virginia, interaction is encouraged. The property, a pre-Civil … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Andrea DeKoter
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Andrea DeKoter walked into her daughter’s preschool class wearing her National Park Service uniform. The boys and girls looked puzzled as they tried to figure out what kind of police officer she was. DeKoter later … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Kristen Trout
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Although the Missouri Civil War Museum in St. Louis has only been open for four years, Kristen Trout has been working there a lot longer. When she was younger, Trout helped her father out at … Continue reading
WHM Profile: Beth Parnicza
by ECW Correspondent Emily Losito Elizabeth Parnicza stood next to the edge of Stewarts Canal in Maryland, which the abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her father worked on during their time of slavery. The canal was built between 1810 and 1830 … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Beth Parnicza, Combahee River Raid, Emily Losito, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, James Montgomery, Maryland Park Service, National Park Service, Stewart's Canal, Underground Railroad, Women's History Month
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Ryan Quint’s Fascination with Lesser-Known Battles Leads to Book on Monocacy
By ECW Correspondent Emily Losito A young Ryan T. Quint sat at his high school desk entranced in a Civil War documentary. His teacher had No Retreat from Destiny playing on the screen, a 2006 film about the battle of … Continue reading
