There have been quite a few mentions of the Gettysburg Visitor Center over the past few weeks in the Civil War blogosphere, and some of this has spilled over into the question of what type of interpretation should be seen at our Civil War battlefield visitor centers. John Hennessy, National Park Service Chief Historian at […]
Are Slavery and Emancipation the ONLY Things Worth Studying from the American Civil War?
October 8th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Categories: Battlefield Tours · Best of TOCWOC - 2008 · Best of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog · Civil War Blogging · Civil War Memory · Military History · Political History · Preservation · Social History
Tags: · battlefield interpretation, gettysburg, gettysburg visitor center, race, slavery
Civil War Talk Radio: October 28, 2005
October 25th, 2005 · No Comments
Air Date: 102805 Subject: Gary Gallagher: Causes Lost and Won Books: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Guest: Gary Gallagher Summary: Prolific Civil War author Dr. Gary Gallagher discusses why the South lost, black Confederates, how battlefields should be interpreted, and other controversial topics. Brett’s Summary: The basic summary pretty much […]
Categories: Civil War Talk Radio
Tags: · battlefield interpretation, black confederates, gary gallagher, lost cause, slavery, the myth of the lost cause and civil war history
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