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The New York Times , Editorial Observer article, "Wh at the History of Memorial Day Teaches About Honoring the War Dead, " ...

NARRATOR: April 11th, 1865, two days after the end of the Civil War. In the White House, President Abraham Lincoln agonized over his first ...

Dr. David Blight wrote an article, "Forgetting Why We Remember," in the New York Times on May 29, 2011. He states: MOST Americ...

For the Newark Star Ledger , " The First Decoration Day ," David W. Blight, Yale University  --  Yale Professor David Blight wr...

Selective Memory A historian studies how Reconstruction influenced the legacy of the Civil War in America. By ERIC FONER Nearly a century...

According to Yale Professor David Bligh t, "...both sides in this war will engage in conscription, they will create the draft for the f...

Professor David W. Blight is an expert on the US Civil War. He discusses how Americans differ in their perception of the war. Will this chan...

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 (Spring, 2008) Syllabus Professor: David W. Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of Am...