Sunday, March 30, 2008

It's coming together now...

The newly formatted and larger Quarterly issue of the Battlefield Journal is almost ready to be unveiled! And I'm very excited! I've made subtle changes that I really think you'll enjoy! Plus we have some great articles to share with you, along with great photo stories AND larger news and events sections!!!

Keep up with the blog as well. Soon we'll have an interview with Jim Percoco, a high school history teacher who just released Summers with Lincoln: Looking for the Man in the Monuments. He delves deep into national monuments and the impact these icons have on the modern public. We'll talk about why he chose the monuments he did and even give an excerpt and photos from the book!

Well, back to work...just wanted to get you all as excited as I am!

Talk to you soon!
Yours in history,
Kristie

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter Sunday

It was 95 years ago that Easter fell this early in the calendar year. 95 years! If my very shaky math is correct, that is 1912. Only 52 years after the Civil War began. What an interesting time for the United States...WWI right around the corner...yet, still reeling from the war that consumed the country from 1860-1865.

It doesn't feel like Easter to me, although it's very sunny outside, with a beautiful blue New England sky. Air is too cold though--and no one is ready to take out their Spring clothes...do people still do that? Change their clothes with the seasons?

I've added a few more photos here for you from my upcoming tour. Have a happy and blessed Easter and we'll talk to you soon!

Kristie






Saturday, March 22, 2008

Welcome


Hello!


Welcome to the premiere blog of the Battlefield Journal! I invite you to comment on any posts you see here and let us know about any books you've read, sites you've visited or ideas you may have for the next issue of the Battlefield Journal!





Now that we've moved our office back to New England, I'm gearing up to work on the New England and the Civil War Discovery Trail. My goal is to link it up with the Gettysburg Civil War Trail (which in turn links up with the Virginia Civil War Trail and then the North Carolina trail). It is going to be quite the undertaking but it will be fun! I can't wait to take the information I gathered in my 2001 PBS documentary New England and the Civil War and create a trail that folks can use to put the pieces together about New England's contribution to the Civil War!


Last summer, on my annual sojourn to Gettysburg, I took some photos of monuments that I plan to use in another battlefield tour entitled: The Faces of Gettysburg. I wanted to share some of those photos with you! Let me know what you think!






I'll talk to you soon! Don't forget the April issue of our new quarterly Journal will be out in a couple of weeks!

Kristie