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Tag Archives: Minneapolis
Minnesota Makes Do Without a Civil War Battlefield
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By JOHN HANC A version of this article appears in print on March 20, 2014, on page F24 of the New York edition with the headline: Making Do Without Civil War Battlefield. ST. PAUL — THE Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Commemoration
Tagged 1819, 1861, 1865, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Seibers, Alexander Ramsey, Alfred Gales, Alfred Miller, Arkansas, Battle of Gettysburg, California, Charles F. Bryan Jr., Civil War, Danielle Dart, Department of Veterans Affairs, Fort Road, Fort Snelling, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Henning von Minden, John Hanc, John Miner, Manassas, Mary Lethert Wingerd, Matt Cassady, Minneapolis, Minnehaha State Park, Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Veterans Home, Missouri, New York Times, Oakland Cemetery, Old Soldiers Home, Roosevelt Dam, soldiers and Sailors Monument, St. Cloud State University, St. Paul, St. Paul After the Civil War, West Seventh Street
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Lincoln to present Gettysburg Address on historic anniversary
The Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force has sponsored Max Daniels, a veteran Abraham Lincoln impersonator, to present a history of the Gettysburg Address at three venues throughout the Twin Cities. On Nov. 19, 1863, … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Century College, Concordia University-St. Paul, David Wills, Gettysburg Address, Max Daniels, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Central Public Library, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Pohlad Hall, St. Paul, White Bear Lake
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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary
by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On July 2, 1863, everything was chaos as smoke filled air, explosions from artillery pieces and cracking of musketry was heard throughout Gettysburg, Pa., a small borough with a population … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Gettysburg, Regiments
Tagged 1863, 1897, 1913, 1928, 1963, 1988, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Alabama Adjutant General, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Betty McCollum, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Calvin Coolidge, Cemetery Ridge, Charles P. Adams, Christopher Heffelfinger, Cushman Davis, Darryl Sannes, David Clough, Dean Urdahl, Gettysburg, Hancock the Superb, Jacob Field, John D. Cox, Joseph Periam, July, Knute Nelson, Licensed Battlefield Guide, Little Round Top, Loren Fletcher, Louis Muller, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mark W. Downie, Matthew Marvin, Minneapolis, Minnesota Adjutant General, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Pennsylvania, Perry Smith, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Rick Nash, sculptor, Second Corps, Thomas Heffelfinger, Tillie Pierce Alleman, Waldo Farrar, William Colvill, William Lochren, William Miller, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Park Board attorney says it can’t change Lake Calhoun’s name
By Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune Lake Calhoun or Lake Humphrey? Never mind, an attorney suggests. In a three-page opinion addressing a potential renaming of Lake Calhoun, Brian Rice, attorney for the Minneapolis Park Board, says he believes the board “has … Continue reading
Could ‘chain of lakes’ be Isles, Harriet - Humphrey?
Article by Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune A Civil War history buff wants Lake Calhoun’s name changed because John C. Calhoun was passionately pro-slavery. The lake’s name has been debated before, but changing it is no small matter. John Winters, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Humphrey, John C. Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revisionist History
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