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November 6, 2009 | Posted by javal
The federal agency overseeing Fort Monroe’s transfer to the state of Virginia is seeking guidance on what visitors would like to experience when they visit.
The Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority plans to start working on devising an interpretive master plan and a business plan for the 570-acre historic waterfront post, which the Army plans [...]
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November 4, 2009 | Posted by javal
Two more Lincoln Wayside Exhibits will be dedicated next week in Jacksonville.
The exhibits will be the fourth and fifth of 10 Looking for Lincoln displays being dedicated in the city to show the connection between it and Abraham Lincoln.
There are 210 wayside exhibits in 50 communities in central Illinois.
The newest exhibits honor Richard Yates, the [...]
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October 27, 2009 | Posted by javal
On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 the Stonewall Jackson House will celebrate Veterans Day by giving free admission to the house to veterans and current military personnel with military ID. Guided tours of the house will be offered from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the hour and the half hour, with the last tour beginning [...]
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by javal
Richmond, which has stopped running and hiding from a fundamental facet of its history, is poised to give birth to a slavery museum that never should have been shopped elsewhere.
The Richmond Slave Trail Commission unveiled plans Monday for a slave heritage site in Shockoe Bottom that would include a slavery museum. It’s hard not to [...]
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by javal
A four-state alliance connected by a historic road network tooted its own horn in Culpeper Wednesday, celebrating a recent designation as a federally recognized scenic byway.“Get the whistles ready,” said Cate Magennis Wyatt, president of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, outside the Museum of Culpeper History. “We are the 99th national scenic byway [...]
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October 21, 2009 | Posted by javal
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground boasts nine presidential homes along its 180-mile route, with 13 national parks and enough Civil War sites to keep even the biggest history buffs occupied for weeks.But the road from Monticello through Culpeper up into Gettysburg, Pa., is also rich in African-American contributions, a lesser-known history recounted in the [...]
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October 21, 2009 | Posted by javal
WIRRAL is being urged to market itself as a major destination for tourists marking the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
US education chiefs visited the borough last week to look at how sights of historical interest – including Cammell Laird – could be incorporated into special tours from 2011-15.
It is estimated there are at [...]
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October 15, 2009 | Posted by javal
The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau announced the production of a Mid-Ohio Valley Civil War documentary Wednesday.
Steve Nicely, president of the CVB, announced the Walkabout Company, a Wheeling-based video production firm, will create a half-hour documentary of the area’s Civil War links in conjunction with the state and the nation’s sesquicentennial commemorations of the [...]
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October 14, 2009 | Posted by javal
Last December, Fort Wayne proudly beat the odds and 30 other suitors by keeping its hands on much of the defunct Lincoln Museum’s 230,000-piece collection.
Now, with little fanfare, a handful of employees in the basement of the Allen County Public Library are working on a project of equal importance: The task of converting those priceless [...]
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October 14, 2009 | Posted by javal
For a state steeped in Civil War history, Missouri can be awfully quiet about its contributions.
More than 1,100 battles were fought in the border state, trailing only Virginia and Tennessee. Divided loyalties within Missouri between Union and Confederate forces mirrored the larger national crisis. Missouri was a slave state surrounded on three sides by free [...]
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