Battling Ballots: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend
The United States presidential election of 1864 would prove to be just as important a turning point in the American Civil War …
Category: Women’s History
Battling Ballots: Before the War
Step into George Caleb Bingham’s 1852 celebration of American democracy, The County Election. In the boisterous and crowded scene, we see the …
Annual Legacies: Pheobe Yates Levy Pember
Born Phoebe Yates Levy on August 18, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the fourth of seven children in a prominent …
February 2018 Artifacts of the Month | Mardi Gras Badges
By Robert Hancock Senior Curator & Director of Collections These two Mardi Gras ducal badges were sent to Winnie on the occasion …
White House Wednesday | Behind the Stanchions | Dressing Room
By Bryce VanStavern White House Specialist There are two small rooms on White House of the Confederacy tours into which large …
Women and Confederate Culture on Monument Avenue
Fitzhugh Brundage and Karen L. Cox, both historians of the Lost Cause, have recently noted the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s central place …
May 2017 Documents of the Month | Photos from WWI Era
By John Coski Historian Prompted by Germany’s declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, the United States entered “the Great War” on the side …
White House Wednesday | Mary O'Melia
By Bryce VanStavern White House Specialist One of the things we try to do as the education and interpretive staff at the …
Guest Blog by David Silkenat | Varina Davis - Refugee
The plight of refugees has been in the news a lot since the November presidential election. The phenomenon is not new, however. …
White House Wednesday | White House Evening Tours Give Voice to Untold Stories
By Patrick Saylor Director, Marketing Communication Old homes hold many stories within their walls, and the house at 12th and Clay Streets …
March 2017 Documents of the Month | Friction Primer Papers
By John Coski Historian The Confederacy’s greatest home front disaster occurred on Friday, March 13, 1863, when Mary Ryan, a young woman …