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Thaddeus Stevens Post Office renaming program
FINAL PROGRAM w BG (1)
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April, 1864–“Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Words Can Never Hurt Me”
The Fort Pillow Massacre Proves the lie of this childish notion By Gary Farrow, Danville Historical Society Danville North Star April 23, 1864 The Fort Pillow Massacre Washington, April 16 – Yesterday afternoon dispatches were received from General Sherman regarding … Continue reading
Speaker for Society Annual Meeting will be DHS senior, Brett Elliott–March 30 1:00 (open to public) Membership meeting follows at 3:00
By Sharon Lakey, Danville Historical Society Senior Brett Elliott was out of luck when working out his final year’s schedule at Danville High School—no more history courses were offered at his level. So he and history teacher, Jeremy White, worked … Continue reading
March 1864–The Richmond Boondoggle and Tales of Assassination
By Gary Farrow, Danville Historical Society Union Brigadier General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick had big plans and even bigger dreams. In desperation, Lincoln approved a raid by the 1st Vermont Calvary upon Richmond that even the Commander of the Army didn’t … Continue reading
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A Woman of Uncommon Generosity–Mary Elizabeth Goff Robinson
By Sharon Lakey, Danville Historical Society “Until I began to compile lifelong information, I didn’t realize the full range of gifts Meg was giving to others throughout her life, without the slightest wish for praise.” Charles A. Robinson, 2013 On July … Continue reading
February, 1864–The General and His Demons
By Gary Farrow, Danville Historical Society A complicated family and mental illness pushed and pulled a man who became one of the most accomplished generals in the Civil War. The news was slow in February ’64: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation decree, … Continue reading
North Danville Village Farm Receives Vermont Century Farm Award
By Patty Conly, President of the Danville Historical Society There is a unique charm about the quaint and picturesque village of North Danville, nestled in the northeastern corner of Vermont. It has remained essentially unchanged in many ways for the … Continue reading
The Largest Refugee Crises Ever Created on the American Continent
By Gary Farrow, Danville Historical Society Civil War history often gives short shrift to the fact that the conflict precipitated the largest refugee crisis ever seen on the American continent. Before we read Danville’s North Star reports for January of 1864, … Continue reading
Celebrating a Pioneer Journey
By Patty Conly, Danville Historical Society A large and enthusiastic crowd enjoyed Autumn On (temporarily off) the Green, held on Sunday, October 6, despite the threatening gray skies and cool temperatures of early October. The weather, however, was not a … Continue reading
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Dec 1863–Fugitive Slave Law Schizophrenia in the North, King Cotton Implodes in the South and the Civil War is not Over
By Gary Farrow, Danville Historical Society The obligation of states to return runaway slaves was written into the Constitution; however, the issue became a bargaining chip in the great Compromise of 1850 and continued to be a lightning rod between … Continue reading