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Just read an account of the military execution of a Confederate soldier for desertion in 1864, which was witnessed by an entire division, including his enslaved body servant. #CivilWarMemory

It shows how little Mr. Johnston understands about the history of the South. By "native born," is he including the roughly 4 million Black Southerners, who were enslaved and who contributed to the defeat of the Confederacy in numerous ways? I suspect not. #CivilWarMemory

Just sent out an email to all of my newsletter's paid subscribers. Tomorrow night at 8PM EST we will meet to discuss @hcrichardson.bsky.social's book HOW THE SOUTH WON THE CIVIL WAR. There is still time to upgrade if you would like to join us. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/events

EventsCivil War Memory Book Group on Substack Livekevinmlevin.substack.com

The Lost Cause Was Never Just a Lie #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

The Lost Cause Was Never Just a LieKara Walker on the emotional roots of Confederate myth-making, and the honesty that shapes MONUMENTSopen.substack.com

Read this yesterday. Highly recommend.

"According to four people involved in the show, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the administration, no historians or professional curators collaborated on the exhibition..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...

After Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition (Gift Article)Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.www.nytimes.com

What I am currently reading. This book is fantastic. 🗃️ #booksky www.simonandschuster.com/books/Libera...

Liberation Summer"Lively, stylish. . . McElya brings this colorful bit of lost history to life." —The New York Times Book Review A sweeping, definitive work of his...www.simonandschuster.com

C-SPAN recently reran this interview that I did about the Black Confederate myth back in 2019. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nkk...

Were there Black Confederate Soldiers?YouTube video by C-SPAN's Book TVwww.youtube.com

Gave my fingers a little workout today playing this classic Police tune on bass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlu7...

DeathwishYouTube video by The Police - Topicwww.youtube.com

Terror, Rage, and Revenge at the Crater #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Terror, Rage, and Revenge at the CraterOne Hundred Sixty-two years later and the racial violence of July 30, 1864 still resists a simple story.open.substack.com

I wasn't able to see the Confederate monuments exhibit at the Brick Museum in LA, but I did purchase the exhibit book. It includes one of my tweets. That's a first for me.

"I once imagined history as buried treasure waiting for a hero’s rediscovery. Now I know better. History doesn’t need rescuing so much as it needs courageous conversation." 🗃️ www.styleweekly.com/who-gets-to-...

Who gets to tell America's story?Every generation inherits the same events. What changes is how we talk about them — and whose voices are invited into the conversation.www.styleweekly.com

Is the answer something along the lines of the same reasons we tolerated Henry Ford's racism and antisemitisim? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary? (Gift Article)Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?www.nytimes.com

New Civil War Exhibit at the Atlanta History Center Opens to Public #publichistory #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

New Civil War Exhibit at the Atlanta History Center Opens to PublicThe Atlanta History Center's ambitious new exhibit is proof that efforts to sanitize public history are already losingopen.substack.com

The Wartime Roots of the Lost Cause #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

The Wartime Roots of the Lost CauseLong before Edward Pollard coined the phrase, wartime Virginians were already building the symbols and stories that would define itopen.substack.com

Steven Spielberg's movie LINCOLN (2012) is filled with factual and interpretive inaccuracies and I've never once hesitated from encouraging people to see it. As long as you don't misinterpret Hollywood for history, you will be just fine. #CivilWarMemory

"Trump has somehow managed to pit two federal agencies against one another, both accused of the same failing, with one now standing watch to warn the public about the other. Folks, we have entered the Twilight Zone. This is the height of absurdity." 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/trumps-twi...

Trump's Twilight Zone: The National Park Service Just Became the Smithsonian's Warning LabelThe administration spent a year calling the National Park Service untrustworthy. Now it's the agency vouching for the truth outside the nation's history museum.kevinmlevin.substack.com

After spending a week in DC, I am convinced that Trump's arch will be built. It's appalling, but so many of you seem to think that it will be easy to remove down the road. It is not. It is extremely difficult to remove these structures once completed. I said goodbye to these views last week.

Trump's Twilight Zone: The National Park Service Just Became the Smithsonian's Warning Label #America250 #CivilWarMemory #publichistory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Trump's Twilight Zone: The National Park Service Just Became the Smithsonian's Warning LabelThe administration spent a year calling the National Park Service untrustworthy. Now it's the agency vouching for the truth outside the nation's history museum.open.substack.com

"The proposed rules could make it easier to change or destroy sites like Native American burial grounds or historic downtowns, or build projects that change the view from historic sites such as power lines near Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump officials vote to rewrite historic preservation rules, in boon for archThe president’s plan to build a 250-foot triumphal arch has been bound up in reviews under the law, known as Section 106.www.washingtonpost.com