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Showing posts with label historical preservation. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2026

You Should Be Photographing Old Cemeteries Before They Disappear Forever

There is a cemetery in Aiken County South Carolina that has headstones dating back to before the Civil War. Some of them are so weathered y...

Women in History Had Their Names Replaced by Their Husbands and We Are Still Fixing That

Go back far enough in most historical records and women disappear. Not because they were not there. They were there. They were running hous...

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Children Who Died Young Throughout History Left Almost No Trace and Here Is Why That Needs to Change

For most of human history parents expected to lose children. Before modern medicine, before vaccines, before antibiotics, childhood was gen...

Slave Names Were Never Recorded and That Is One of Historys Biggest Crimes Against Memory

When enslaved people were brought to America most of them had their names taken away. They were given new names by the people who owned the...

Saturday, March 28, 2026

The People History Forgot — And How We Can Make Sure It Never Happens Again

In 1900, a massive hurricane hit Galveston, Texas. It killed an estimated 8,000 people — the deadliest natural disaster in American history...

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