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2015: Appomattox Sesquicentennial
Editor's note: Having covered the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 2013, I decided to cover the Sesquicentennial of...
Lincoln Left Big Shoes – and Slippers – to Fill
Editor's note: In 2015 as I prepared to cover the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, I was reminded...
Do NOT Take a Selfie with a Bison
Editor's note: In 2016, I learned about the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City, Iowa, located east of Des Moines and just...
April 14, 1865: President Lincoln assassinated
Editor's Note: From 2012 through 2015 as I prepared to cover various Civil War sesquicentennial events, the magnitude of the tragedy of President Lincoln's...
Jan. 1, 1863 – Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
Editor's note: The story below was originally published on Jan. 1, 2013, the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln issuing the formal Emancipation Proclamation....
USS Constitution is Shipshape in 2026
Editor's note: In 2014, I toured the USS Constitution, docked in Boston Harbor and the museum dedicated to telling her story, located on the...
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Shaw Memorial and Standing Lincoln Sculptor
Editor's Note: After visiting Boston a number of times and seeing the Shaw Memorial on Boston Common facing Beacon Street, I researched the memorial...
Stars and Stripes Stitched a Flag and a Nation
Editor's Note: In 2013, i visited the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of our coverage of the...
Take a Hike – Into a Cauldron!
Editor's Note: In 2015, I visited Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. Its history is the history of the National Park Service because...
Meet Jennie Wade, Civil War Heroine
Editor's note: On first arriving in Gettysburg to cover the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg in 2013, I noticed a home with a...