Frederick Hitchcock reflects on the valiant service of Black soldiers in the Civil War | 1892

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In 1892, Colonel Frederick Hitchcock stood before a room of fellow veterans in Scranton, PA and said what needed saying — that the nation's treatment of the nearly 200,000 Black men who fought for the Union during the Civil War was "an everlasting shame." Read the full story.

Podcast | The 1880s battle over Gettysburg’s first Confederate monument with Codie Eash

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What feels like a modern fight over Confederate monuments began at Gettysburg in the 1880s. In this episode of the Public History Podcast, Codie Eash shows how veterans battled over memory, treason, and power - and how the Lost Cause was challenged by US veterans from the start on America’s most famous battlefield. Read the full story.