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My wife, son, and I visited Gettysburg this weekend. The weather was incredible both days, 75 and crystal clear. There were huge crowds in town, in the restaurants, on the battlefield, everywhere. There were license plates from Ohio, Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Iowa, even California. I thought it odd, though, that I saw very few blacks. I probably […]
Observations From Gettysburg
October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Categories: Battlefield Tours
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Are Slavery and Emancipation the ONLY Things Worth Studying from the American Civil War?
October 8th, 2008 · 14 Comments
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 […]
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Tags: · battlefield interpretation, gettysburg, gettysburg visitor center, race, slavery
Civil War Odds & Ends: August 9, 2008
August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Between working on the inside and outside of my new home, I found some time to look around the web and find some Civil War material. This edition of Civil War Odds & Ends features quite a variety of topics, including what happens when you mix monsters and the Civil War. Read on to discover […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
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