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Gettysburg

A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian weighs-in on Trump’s comments about the Battle of Gettysburg

John Fea   |  April 15, 2024

Donald Trump was in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania last weekend. His rally took place at the Lehigh Valley Fairgrounds. The rally is making headlines for Trump’s riff on the Battle of Gettysburg. By the way, Schnecksville is located approximately 120 miles from […]

Allen Guelzo and Jon Meacham at Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day Ceremony

John Fea   |  November 22, 2022

It wasn’t just about Confederates reenactors. Watch:

Confederates at Gettysburg

John Fea   |  November 21, 2022

I was going to take some students in my Civil War America course to Gettysburg this weekend. They were excited about going to the cemetery and reading the Gettysburg Address on November 19, the day it was delivered by Lincoln […]

Slavery was the cause of the American Civil War

John Fea   |  October 8, 2022

Most historians agree with the title of this post. So do many Americans. But there are others who still claim that the Civil War was about something other than slavery. Watch: Yesterday I showed this video to my Civil War […]

Doug Mastriano to a guy wearing a half-American, half-Confederate flag: “I can’t think of a better cape”

John Fea   |  August 30, 2022

On July 4, 2020 Pennsylvania state senator–now GOP gubernatorial candidate–Doug Mastriano did a livestream at the Robert E. Lee monument on the Gettysburg battlefield. I will let Eric Hananoki of Media Matters take it from here: In one of his […]