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Paul Russo v-cutting one of the French officers' grave markers

Rev War | Article

Carved in Stone

The John Stevens Shop has been hand chiseling monuments and grave markers for great leaders, war heroes and everyday people for 316 years. Recently...

Drawing of Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, Florida, 1861

Civil War | Article

Fort Taylor, Key West: Imprisonment in Paradise

Fort Taylor, on the southwest tip of Key West, overlooks the confluence of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Cruise ships pass, and fade into...

Rev War | Article

Republican Motherhood

In many ways, the American Revolution saw women acting far outside their traditional gender roles. While men left their homes, farms, and businesses...

Rev War | Article

Black Spies of the American Revolution

Even 250 years after the events of the American Revolution, there is much that historians are still piecing together about the activities of spies...

Old map with 'Plan de Road Island' text on the left and map on the right

Rev War | Article

Weathering the Storm: The Battle of Rhode Island

Learn more about the Battle of Road Island, planned as a combined operation between the Americans and their new French allies, to trap and defeat a...

Bust of bronze statue of Revolutionary War era gentleman with foliage in the background

Rev War | Article

Viva Lafayette: Hero of Two Worlds

Excerpt from "Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution" by Mike Duncan

Rev War | Article

Virginia House of Burgesses

In 2019, Virginia celebrated the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in North America. While the idea of representation...

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“Closely Connected with the Welfare of the Republic”

After the Old Hagerstown Pike passes the Miller farm on the right, the road takes a right-hand turn of almost ninety degrees and changes its name to...

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“In Letters of Iron”

In a quiet ravine on the eastern side of the Shiloh Battlefield stands a solitary red iron marker. It is easily missed by all but the most resolute...

Michigan Veterans Monument in Wheatfield at Gettysburg

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Civil War Veterans and Their Monuments

On September 14, 1887, 40 survivors of the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry gathered atop Blocher’s Knoll, the deadly perch they attempted to defend on...

The John Buford Statue at the Gettysburg Battlefield

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Considering Civil War Battlefield Monuments as Artworks

In the years and decades after the Civil War, thousands of monuments were raised on battlefields north and south (as well as in cemeteries, city parks...