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REMINDER: Bryan Scary, Draft Riots, Deer Meet @ Uncle Pleasant’s – 2/28
Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears, Draft Riots, Deer Meet @ Uncle Pleasant’s 2126 S. Preston St. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 8 p.m.; $8… more →
Backseat Sandbar
The Union Commutation Fee
wrote 1 month ago: During the Civil War, the search for manpower was a constant source of struggle … more →
Sticking: Copper
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wrote 8 months ago: When BBC America started advertising a crime drama set in 1860s New York and featuring an Irish dete … more →
"Hard Times" in Video
wrote 9 months ago: “Hard Times” is a soulful musical of clashing Irish and Afro-American cultures, written by Iri … more →
The Chinese Question
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wrote 11 months ago: Nast’s antipathy for the Irish (and Catholic Church) is well documented and unfortunately misunderst … more →
Something That Will Not Blow Over - Thomas Nast July 29, 1871
wrote 11 months ago: It is important to remember, that in New York City, in the mid to late 19th century, Irish meant Cat … more →
Weeksville: a rich history preserved
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wrote 1 year ago: “Even colored people who had been free all their lives felt themselves very insecure in their … more →
An Irish American View of the Colored Soldier
wrote 1 year ago: Union enlistment posters for Irish Americans in New York and coloreds in Pennsylvania Last year, I p … more →
Irish Colonels: Henry F. O'Brien, 11th New York Infantry
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wrote 1 year ago: Over 25 Irishmen served as Colonels in units raised in the State of New York. Many are well-known, h … more →
Tompkins Market and Armory
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wrote 1 year ago: MARKET In 1857 a consortium of butchers joined together with the 7th regiment militia and commission … more →
A Grave Concern: Quick fact
wrote 1 year ago: John Crites was a soldier in one of the units sent to restore order during the New York City Draft R … more →
Jay Lloyd's Getaway: Commemorating The Civil War's 150th Anniversary
wrote 2 years ago: PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s 150 years ago this week since the first shots were fired at Fort Sum … more →
An Irish American View of the Colored Soldier
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wrote 2 years ago: Union enlistment posters for Irish Americans in New York and coloreds in Pennsylvania During the ant … more →
Joe Bruno on the Mob - The Civil War Draft Riots of 1863
wrote 2 years ago: "Mobsters, Gangs, Crooks and Other Creeps-Volume 1 – New York City" The seed was pla … more →
Paddywagon
wrote 2 years ago: A Paddywagon is a van the police use to transport people who have been arrested and are en route to … more →
Things That Happen When It's Hot (Remembering July 16, 1964)
wrote 2 years ago: Harlem is one of the few places in the western hemisphere to enjoy a monsoon season. On most afterno … more →
Haute cuisine
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wrote 2 years ago: Perhaps you, like I, were under the impression that Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an 18th or 19th century … more →
Howard Zinn on 'Three Holy Wars' (Video)
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wrote 3 years ago: Prof. Howard Zinn discusses the lost realities of three ‘romanticized, idealized’ Americ … more →
REMINDER: Bryan Scary, Draft Riots, Deer Meet @ Uncle Pleasant's - 2/28
wrote 4 years ago: Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears, Draft Riots, Deer Meet @ Uncle Pleasant’s 2126 S. Preston St. … more →
Abraham Lincoln's Legacy...in Harlem?
wrote 4 years ago: Barnet Schecter, left, Michele Mitchell, center, and Bill T. Jones, right, at the Breaking Ground Co … more →
