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1. The Coalition Jim Crow and the Lost Cause Was Built to Stop
   Nov 6, 2026
2. A Civil War Soldier Is Buried in Silence As Trump’s Arch Moves Toward Approval At Memorial Circle
   Nov 5, 2026
3. The Lost Cause Lost Big Last Night
   Nov 4, 2026
4. The Question That Was Never Settled in 1865
   Nov 3, 2026
5. Commission of Fine Arts Supports Reinstallation of Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery
   Oct 31, 2026
6. What Do You Call a History Book Without Footnotes?
   Oct 29, 2026
7. James Carville Goes To Gettysburg and Finds Donald Trump
   Oct 27, 2026
8. What Is the Relationship Between Doing Good History and Entertainment?
   Oct 26, 2026
9. Odds & Ends: Book Club, New Books, Speaking Dates, Historian Conversations, and a Nice Surprise
   Oct 23, 2026
10. Robert Gould Shaw’s Actions Speak For Itself
    Oct 19, 2026
11. U.S. Army Announces Plan to Return Confederate Monument to Arlington National Cemetery
    Oct 18, 2026
12. Reconciliation Did Not Destroy Reconstruction
    Oct 15, 2026
13. Robert E. Lee is Not Donald Trump and Arlington is Not Mar-a-Lago
    Oct 12, 2026
14. It’s A Book About Slavery and Not Another Book About the Battle of Gettysburg
    Oct 12, 2026
15. “Historians Off the Cuff” with Kevin Levin and John Heckman
    Oct 6, 2026
16. The History of Reconstruction Through Five Books
    Oct 5, 2026
17. The African American Civil War Museum in DC is Now Open
    Oct 3, 2026
18. Why Did Texas Middle School Boys Choose to Study Joseph Stalin?
    Oct 2, 2026
19. Robert Gould Shaw on the Road and In a Bookstore Near You
    Oct 1, 2026
20. *A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw* Hits Bookstores Today
    Sep 29, 2026
21. Smithsonian and National Park Service Staff Are Certainly Patriotic, But Why Should That Matter?
    Sep 28, 2026
22. African Americans Have Always Understood the Importance of Gettysburg
    Sep 26, 2026
23. Thomas Jefferson, DNA, and Why We Refuse to Believe
    Sep 22, 2026
24. Confederate Slaves at Gettysburg
    Sep 19, 2026
25. Wait, I Thought the National Park Service Was Not To Be Trusted
    Sep 16, 2026
26. Robert Gould Shaw Out in the Wild
    Sep 15, 2026
27. Trump’s Impact on the Smithsonian Has Been Minimal (thus far)
    Sep 13, 2026
28. Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Again
    Sep 12, 2026
29. Today We Remember the Lives Lost
    Sep 11, 2026
30. The Fight to Protect American History Has Always Been Local
    Sep 10, 2026
31. What Arlington National Cemetery Reveals About Who Gets Remembered in America
    Sep 8, 2026
32. We Are One Step Closer to the Return of the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery
    Sep 7, 2026
33. The Road to Gettysburg Began Long Before 1863
    Sep 7, 2026
34. Obligatory Unboxing Video
    Sep 5, 2026
35. Trump’s Arch Will Be Built and It Won’t Be Coming Down Any Time Soon
    Sep 4, 2026
36. “What Will the Country Say?”
    Sep 3, 2026
37. A Descendant Reflects on the Removal of a Statue Honoring Dr. Hunter McGuire
    Sep 2, 2026
38. What I Look For in Good History
    Sep 1, 2026
39. Richmond’s New Monument Landscape
    Aug 31, 2026
40. The National Park Service Does Not “Support” President Trump’s Triumphal Arch
    Aug 30, 2026
41. The Last Three Confederate Statues Have Been Removed from the Former Capital of the Confederacy
    Aug 29, 2026
42. The Burden of the Union Cause
    Aug 24, 2026
43. Have We Heard Enough About the Lost Cause?
    Aug 22, 2026
44. The Auction Block Has No Marker
    Aug 20, 2026
45. Do You Not Like Robert Gould Shaw?
    Aug 18, 2026
46. Wayne Pease, Jr. Went Looking for Black Confederates and Found What He Was Looking For
    Aug 16, 2026
47. Taking Robert Gould Shaw On the Road
    Aug 15, 2026
48. The Long Reach of the Wilmington Race Massacre
    Aug 14, 2026
49. Covering Up A Confederate Statue's Insidious Lie
    Aug 13, 2026
50. Searching For Black Confederates Debunked?
    Aug 11, 2026