Entries Tagged as 'Publishing News'

Slavery is Abolished

December 7th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … December 6, 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished. Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof […]

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 16th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, a national day of commemoration on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized. The internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It has been seventy years since […]

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Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford’s Theatre

April 14th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … April 14, 1865 – The Stars and Stripes is ceremoniously raised over Fort Sumter. That night, Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater. At 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the […]

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Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House

April 9th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … April 9, 1865 – Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to […]

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Lincoln visits Richmond, Virginia

April 3rd, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … April 4, 1865 – Lincoln visits Richmond, Virginia President Lincoln tours Richmond where he enters the Confederate White House. With “a serious, dreamy expression,” he sits at the desk of Jefferson Davis for a few moments. ______________________________________________________ Learn more […]

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Stars and Stripes

April 2nd, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … April 2, 1865 – Grant’s forces begin a general advance and break through Lee’s lines at Petersburg. Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill is killed. Lee evacuates Petersburg. The Confederate Capital, Richmond, is evacuated. Fires and looting break out. The […]

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Battle at Fort Stedman, Virginia

March 25th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). On this day in history … March 25, 1865 – Battle at Fort Stedman, Virginia The last offensive for Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on the center of Grant’s forces at Petersburg. Four hours later the attack is broken. ______________________________________________________ Learn […]

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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for second term as President

March 4th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). Up next … March 4, 1865 – Inauguration ceremonies for President Lincoln in Washington. “With malice toward none; with charity for all…let us strive on to finish the work we are in…to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, […]

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Brain on Fire

February 25th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, by Susannah Cahalan, is moving forward to becoming a movie! Charlize Theron’s production company, Denver & Delilah, will produce. Recently announced, Gerard (Pilgrim Hill, Glassland) Barrett has been signed to write the screenplay and direct the film. Dakota Fanning is set to star as Cahalan. Brain on Fire […]

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U.S. House passes 13th Amendment abolishing slavery

January 30th, 2015 · No Comments · Publishing News

2015 marks a year of significant Civil War anniversaries (150th). Starting with … January 31, 1865 – The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. The amendment is then submitted to the states for ratification. Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime […]

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