Tag: Monuments
There she was. Powerful and maternal, she claimed her place at the head of her family, teaching from an open book while her husbands slept elsewhere. We finally…
In 2013, as a new college student, I started exploring genealogy. I learned to use the research skills that I developed from college history class to explore primary…
I live and teach in Madison, Wisconsin, but I usually spend my spring break on a research trip in London, England. On a cold and drizzly day in…
As a young girl visiting Vicksburg, Mississippi, Julia Nguyen encountered a Civil War statue. It altered not only the way she understands history, but the way she thinks…
“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our…
Three years ago my schoolfriend of university took me to see the Canadian monument for the fallen soldiers of the First World War at Vimy in France. I…