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A Conversation with Dave Ruth, Richmond’s Retiring Superintendent (part one)
(part one of five) I recently heard Dave Ruth described as “the last of the great, old-guard superintendents.” For more than thirty years, Dave has made Richmond National Battlefield his life’s work, overseeing the park’s growth from 754 acres to … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities, Preservation
Tagged Bob Krick, Bobby Krick, Chancellorsville, Civil War Trust, Cold Harbor, Conversation-with-Dave-Ruth, Dave Ruth, Fort Sumter, Gaines's Mill, Independence National Park, Keith Rocco, living history, Malvern Hill, manassas, National Park Service, Preservation, Richmond, Richmond Battlefields Association, Richmond National Battlefield Park
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Year in Review 2017: #4
At one point or another, historians have to answer difficult questions from the public. It is something that comes with the territory. At times those questions are more complicated when interacting with children. Sarah Kay Bierle had such an encounter … Continue reading
The Question I Could Not Answer
She stood there, staring at the minie ball in her tiny hand and feeling the weight of that original bullet. I was busy talking to the other children and adults at the medical display table and keeping an eye on … Continue reading
A Monumental Discussion: Sarah Kay Bierle
Ever played the ice-breaker game “Two Truths & A Lie?” The concept is that everyone makes three statements (usually about themselves) and the others have to guess which are true and which is a lie. Now, let’s be clear, I … Continue reading
Teaching 8th Graders Through Civil War Living History
How do we teach and inspire the next generation to value history? It’s a question looming in the minds of many in the history field. Museums, National Parks, historical sites, and organizations are trying a variety of ways to engage … Continue reading
Modern Photography: History Through The Lens
In the twenty-first century, digital cameras and social media launch an almost unceasing barrage of images towards us. We take pictures wherever we go, share images with the click of a button, and replicate them almost endlessly. Therefore, I’ve chosen … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Photography
Tagged civil war photography, living history, modern-photography-17
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What Are We Remembering at Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day?
For the past decade I have either participated in and or viewed Gettysburg’s annual Remembrance Day Parade. To honor President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and those that gave their “last full measure of devotion,” Gettysburg has two different, annual events. Commemorating … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged Gettysburg, living history, Memory, Parade, reenacting, Remembrance Day
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My Life as a Black Civil War Living Historian—part three
Part three in a series One fall day in 2010 at the Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield, while giving a tour, I ran into John Cummings, a Spotsylvania Civil War historian I had known for a while. We served together on … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, National Park Service, Slavery, USCT
Tagged Henderson-memoir, living history, Steward Henderson, USCT
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