This episode of the Public History podcast looks beyond the Irish Brigade to the everyday lives of Irish-born Union soldiers. We dig into letters, pension files, class, money, and memory with historian Damien Shiels and why Irish Civil War service has long been misunderstood on both sides of the Atlantic. Listen to the episode.
In 1940, two experts stood atop a 25-year-old culm bank near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, discussing how to bring forests back to a landscape ravaged by mining. This striking photograph documents an era as reclamation efforts began in anthracite country. Read the full story.
Meet Corp. Joseph E. Law from Wilkes-Barre, photographed in England hoisting bombs onto a B-17 under black-out conditions in 1944. Discover how these grueling tasks supported the 8th Air Force and shaped America’s war effort. Read the full story.