2021 ECW Symposium Early Bird Ticket – $155
ECW Archives
-
Recent Posts
Search by Post Categories
Subscribe BY RSS
Email Subscription
Tag Archives: National Park Service
The NPS’s Newest National Battlefield: Mill Springs, Kentucky
The Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Nancy, Kentucky, is officially part of the National Park System. Word came today from Representative Hal Rogers, who represents Kentucky’s 5th District. Here’s information from the congressman’s press release, issued today:
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged American Battlefield Trust, Bruce Burkett, David Duncan, Felix Zollicoffer, Hal Rogers, Kate MacGregor, Kentucky, Mill Springs, Mill Springs Battlefield Association, Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, National Park Service
3 Comments
Space, “Western Theater” not the Final Frontier
(Editor’s Note: The ECW YouTube page will feature videos from Phill’s trip over the next few weeks, kicked off by this discussion, which is also available as an ECW Podcast.) Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a few battlefields … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Trails, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Photography, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, Confederacy, Emerging Civil War, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park, Kentucky, Mississippi, National Park Service, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Shiloh National Military Park, Siege of Vicksburg, Tennessee, Ulysse S. Grant, Western theater
1 Comment
ECW Honors Dave Ruth for Service in Civil War Public History
Emerging Civil War is pleased to honor Dave Ruth, former superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield Park, as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History. Emerging Civil War’s Award for Service in … Continue reading
Monument Removal in NPS Appropriation—An Update
I reported last month on a House appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior—HR-7608—that would require the National Park Service, within 180 days of enactment, to “remove from display all physical Confederate commemorative works, such as statues, monuments, sculptures, … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, National Park Service, Ties to the War
Tagged HR-7608, monuments, National Park Service
35 Comments
A Comment on Civil War Monuments
Recent events have raised questions about the preservation of Civil War sites and monuments on National Park battlefields. As some of my Emerging Civil War colleagues and I discussed these potential threats, we decided it was important to say something. … Continue reading
Understanding History Through Addition, Not Subtraction, on Civil War Battlefields
Last Wednesday, I reported on a provision in the Department of the Interior’s 2021 spending bill that would, if approved by Congress and signed into law by the president, remove Confederate statues from national parks. “It’s a top priority of … Continue reading
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
A Conversation with John Coski (part three)
Part three of six I’m talking this week with John Coski, recipient of ECW’s 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. John works as a historian with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond and, prior to … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged A Woman's War, American Civil War Museum, Award for Service in Civil War Public History, Before Freedom Came, Conversation-with-John-Coski, Embattled Emblem, John Coski, Museum of the Confederacy, National Park Service, Ruth Ann Coski, The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson
3 Comments
A Conversation with John Coski (part one)
Part one of six In August, ECW present its 2019 Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History to John Coski, historian with the American Civil War Museum in Richmond (and, prior to its merger, with the … Continue reading
Posted in National Park Service, Personalities
Tagged Civil Wargasm, College of William and Mary, Conversation-with-John-Coski, David Lilly, Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Civil War Public History, Francis Butler Simkins, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Collection, John Coski, National Park Service, Rob Hodge, Ruth Ann Coski, safety valve thesis, Tony Horwitz
1 Comment
