Civil War – Field Grass

Contrast: Jefferson Davis and brother Joseph Davis – who empowered slaves

toni August 17, 2013

Joseph Emory Davis A word about an amazing man, Joseph Davis. His brother was Jefferson Davis, future President of the Confederacy. He had a plantation, owned slaves, and was successful. What is remarkable about Joseph Davis is that, despite his background and social standing in the Confederate south, he was a gracious and benevolent man.

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a 3D tour of Picasso’s Guernica

toni August 5, 2013

Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. – wiki [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc1Nfx4c5LQ&w=480&h=360] In June 1937 Pablo Picasso painted Guernica, a mural that memorialized the events of April 27, 1937,

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Medal of Honor

toni July 12, 2013

July 12, in 1862, US Congress authorized the Medal of Honor. This one was awarded to Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood, 4th U. S. Colored Troops, for heroism on the field of battle in 1864. Fleetwood was a free man born in Baltimore, Maryland. He traveled to Liberia as a young man and attended Ashmun Institute in Oxford, Pennsylvania.

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Due process and equality

toni July 9, 2013

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868. It granted #citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the #United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person “#life, liberty or property, without #due process of law” or to “deny to any person within its jurisdiction

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Opening of battle at Gettysburg in poem

toni July 4, 2013

The Opening of the Battle of Gettysburg by Laura Searing (Howard Glyndon) text Laura Redden Searing (1839-1923) was a deaf poet and journalist. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdSB3ikoOw&w=560&h=315] In 1861, Laura Redden Searing was sent by the St. Louis Republican to Washington D.C. to cover and document the American Civil War. She was a pro-Union loyalist and wrote poems about the experiences and human interests of

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The American Civil War: May 22, 1863: General Orders No. 143 creates the U.S. Colored Troops ("USCT")

toni May 23, 2013

The American Civil War: May 22, 1863: General Orders No. 143 creates the U.S. Colored Troops (“USCT”). War Department General Order 143: Creation of the U.S. Colored Troops MAY 22, 1863 General Order 143, issued May 22, 1863, established the United States Colored Troops (USCT). GENERAL ORDERS, No. 143 WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington,

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