Civil War
The First Memorial Day
My Own True Love and I just got home from a Memorial Day service in Grant Park. It was held at the foot of a statue commemorating General John A.Logan. Before today, Logan on horseback was just another obscure Civil War statue. One I hadn’t paid much attention to. Never again. Like most Memorial Day…
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A lagniappe
Dear Readers: I’m guest-blogging today at Karen Elliot’s Blog: Finding Your Way Through the Civil War Visit. Say hi. Sit a spell.
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Tough Broads of the Civil War
I’ve said it before: If you hang out in Popular History Land, or even Book World these days, it’s impossible to ignore the American Civil War and its sesquicentennial. Civil War references are everywhere. The most recent bit of Civil War “stuff” to start my brain churning was a review of a new book by…
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