by jpitney | Nov 23, 2023 | Civil War, Lincoln, Thanksgiving
Transcript for President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3, 1863 The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we...
by jpitney | Oct 25, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civil War, Civility, Polarization
On C-SPAN, University of Virginia’s “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” managing editor Kyle Kondik discusses a new effort to explore U.S. political polarization, including findings regarding specific policy positions and trust between Democrats and Republicans.
by jpitney | May 31, 2021 | Civil War, Insurrection, Military
Frederick Douglass, “The Unknown Loyal Dead,” Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1871 — a speech that has new meaning in light of the January 6 insurrection. We are sometimes asked, in the name of patriotism, to forget...
by jpitney | Jun 13, 2020 | Civil War, Presidency
As he was dying in a house near Saratoga Springs, NY, U.S. Grant wrote the final pages of his memoirs. He recalled Appomattox and the cause of the Civil War: What General Lee’s feelings were I do not know. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible...
