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Black Charleston and the Battle Over Confederate Statues

The debate over a Charleston monument to John Calhoun exemplifies the problems of contextualizing Confederate monuments.
by Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders via Black Perspectives on January 29, 2018

Statues, National Monuments, and Settler-Colonialism

Connections between public history and policy in the wake of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
by Rose Miron via National Council on Public History on December 18, 2017

Columbus Circle Without Columbus?

New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard.
by Harry Bruinius via The Christian Science Monitor on December 15, 2017
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The Future of our Confederate Monuments Rests With the Kids

The perspectives of older Americans have dominated the debate. It's time we pay more attention to what younger people have to say.
by Kevin M. Levin on November 30, 2017
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Monument Wars

This exhibit explores discussions about what we choose to memorialize – and why.

What to Do with Monuments Whose History We’ve Forgotten

Few who are memorialized in stone could fully pass moral muster today. Is that a problem?
by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on November 26, 2017

The Unintended Consequences of Veterans' Day

In hindsight: A day created to commemorate peace has been transformed into one that perpetuates war.
by Paul Steege via Hindsights on November 10, 2017
George Washington statue at Federal Hall

The Next Lost Cause

Why the slope from toppling Confederate monuments to shunning the Founders is so slippery.
by Michael Brendan Dougherty via National Review on November 1, 2017

Activists Splatter Red Paint on Roosevelt Monument at American Museum of Natural History

The early-morning action is the latest in a series of protests demanding the statue’s removal.
by Claire Voon via Hyperallergic on October 26, 2017

A Sign On Scrubland Marks One of America's Largest Slave Uprisings

The Stono rebellion of 1739 was the biggest slave rebellion in Britain’s North American colonies, but it is barely commemorated.
by Adam Gabbatt via The Guardian on October 24, 2017

Recontextualizing the Ocean Blue

Italian Americans and the commemoration of Columbus.
by Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra via Process: A Blog for American History on October 4, 2017

Will Trump Change the Way Presidents Approach National Monuments?

Never before have administrations scaled down sites to the extent proposed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
by Lena Felton via The Atlantic on September 24, 2017

Johnny Appleseed's Monument

A community in Ohio keeps the memory of Johnny Appleseed alive.
by Timothy Brian McKee via Richland Source on September 23, 2017

On Monuments and Public Lands

Any critical take on public monuments today must confront the reality that public lands are themselves colonized lands.
by Whitney Martinko via Hindsights on September 15, 2017

The 'Slave Block' in a Town in Virginia: Should it Stay or Should it Go?

This is not a monument, it’s a piece of history. But should it be removed from view?
by David Caprara via The Guardian on September 1, 2017
Baltimore Confederate monument.
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History vs. Memory

What professional historians do – and don't – have to offer communities struggling with the Confederate monuments in their midst.
by Kevin M. Levin on August 25, 2017

More Than a Statue: Rethinking J. Marion Sims’ Legacy

The "father of U.S. gynecology" is usually depicted as either a monstrous butcher or a benevolent healer. It's not that simple.
by Deirdre Cooper Owens via Rewire on August 24, 2017
Lithograph of the Reconstruction-era Black Senators and Congressmen.

How About Erecting Monuments to the Heroes of Reconstruction?

Americans should build this pivotal post–Civil War era into the new politics of historical memory.
by Richard Valelly via The American Prospect on August 23, 2017

The Monuments We Never Built

Why we must ask not only what stories our landscapes of commemoration tell, but also what stories they leave out.
by Brian Hamilton via Edge Effects on August 22, 2017
A stone marker for the Jefferson Davis Highway in Crawfordville, Georgia.
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The Largest Confederate Monument in America Can't Be Taken Down

It has to be renamed, state by state.
by Kevin Waite via Made By History on August 22, 2017

Charlottesville: Why Jefferson Matters

Annette Gordon-Reed explores the ways in which the many paradoxes of Jefferson make him a potent figure for racists and anti-racists alike.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on August 19, 2017

"I've Studied The History Of Confederate Memorials. Here's What To Do About Them."

Many were funded privately. The public now deserves a say in their fate.
by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via Vox on August 18, 2017

Is it Still Okay to Venerate George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?

The president's stand on the Confederate hero represents the kind of moral relativism that conservatives usually decry.
by David A. Bell via Washington Post on August 17, 2017

Regime Change in Charlottesville

If you understand why that Civil War statue really went up, the debate over removing it looks a lot different.
by Adam Goodheart via Politico Magazine on August 16, 2017
Robert E. Lee Statue in Charlottesville.
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Why We Need Confederate Monuments

They force us to remember the worst parts of our history.
by Caroline E. Janney via Made By History on July 27, 2017

Six Nazi Spies Were Executed in D.C. White Supremacists Gave Them a Memorial

The memorial to the men sat in a field until 2010 when officials took a fork lift to it.
by John Woodrow Cox via Retropolis on June 23, 2017
Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, and Mayor Hartsfield at the Cyclorama

Cyclorama: An Atlanta Monument

The history of Atlanta's first Civil War monument may reveal how to deal with them in the present.
by Daniel Judt via Southern Cultures on June 22, 2017
A worker prepares to remove a statue of Jefferson Davis.

How Robert E. Lee Got Knocked Off His Pedestal

Before New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu made his celebrated speech, a grassroots movement forced the city to take down its monuments to white supremacy.
by Michael "Quess" Moore, Brentin Mock via CityLab on May 29, 2017

Oscar Dunn And The New Orleans Monument That Never Happened

New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened.
by Laine Kaplan-Levenson via New Orleans Public Radio on May 25, 2017

What Richmond Has Gotten Right About Interpreting its Confederate History

Why hasn't Richmond faced the same controversies as New Orleans or Charlottesville?
by Kevin M. Levin via Smithsonian Magazine on May 18, 2017
National Park Service ranger presented with Senate resolution for new monument.

Monumental Effort: Historians and the Creation of the National Monument to Reconstruction

Two historians weigh in on President Obama's move to designate a national monument to Reconstruction in South Carolina.
by Kate Masur, Gregory P. Downs, Kritika Agarwal via Perspectives on History on January 24, 2017
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