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Top 10 Brutal Realities Of The American Reconstruction
The American Civil War is one of the most studied, dramatized, and reenacted events in world history. Much less covered is the period generally agreed by historians to have spanned from 1865 to 1877 known as the Reconstruction.The Civil War could easily be portrayed as a glorious campaign where the forces of good triumphed and in the process freed millions and preserved the union. It’s all very reassuring if not inspiring. Meanwhile the American Reconstruction is largely a matter of blunders. Blunders that cost countless Americans their lives and generations their livelihoods. Hard to feel inspired by that.
A Texas Agency is Defending the Confederacy
As cities and counties across the state try to take down their Confederate memorials, the Texas Historical Commission keeps making their job harder.
In June 2020, AGE of Central Texas covered the historical marker outside the Confederate Woman’s Home in Austin. Tristan Ahtone
As cities and counties across the state try to take down their Confederate memorials, the Texas Historical Commission keeps making their job harder.
In June 2020, AGE of Central Texas covered the historical marker outside the Confederate Woman’s Home in Austin. Tristan Ahtone
Michael Hardy
Mar 10, 2021, 8:00 am CST
In 1908, the Texas chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy built a 15-bedroom mansion in Austin’s leafy Hyde Park neighborhood, a mile north of the University of Texas. Intended to house elderly wives and widows of Confederate veterans, the Confederate Woman’s Home, like similar facilities in other southern states, was part of the
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