Kevin M. Levin

I went ahead and purchased it. Thanks again.

Done.

Thank you. I've been on the fence about trying this out.

A bill is moving through the Virginia legislature to remove three Confederate-related statues: Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Hunter McGuire and William “Extra Billy” Smith. Organizers of Governor Abigail Spanberger's recent inaugural ceremony used the Smith statue for a portable toilet station.

Whitewashing Selma: The Trump Administration's Assault on Civil Rights Memory When Preserving the Past Becomes a Threat to Power

Of all the NPS sites that tagged interpretive materials as potentially problematic, the one that hits hardest is Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

"This is an attempt on the part of the Trump administration to censor history for purely self-serving political purposes..."

Whitewashing Selma: The Trump Administration's Assault on Civil Rights Memory When Preserving the Past Becomes a Threat to Power

Whitewashing Selma: The Trump Administration's Assault on Civil Rights Memory #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

YouTube video by Maarten Plukker John Mayer Trio - Who Did You Think I Was Live Isolated Bass (Pino Palladino)

Should admit that I had a little help with the isolated basic track. 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5d...

YouTube video by JohnMayerTrioVEVO John Mayer Trio - Who Did You Think I Was

I was able to figure out Pino's basic bass line for this song, but some of his fills are killer. You also really need a P-bass on this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfLk...

They're flagging a marker noting the economic and racial diversity in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield neighborhood. Insane.

They are trying to erase parts of our real history with so many of these things that are flagged. That's why it's so vitally important that parents and grandparents make a point to teach the children the REAL history of this country.

I have. Thank you.

What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

It's a no-win situation.

Just checked. They didn't report anything.

Did you not read the post?

No, but I may go in and take another look.

What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

LIVE SOON: What the National Park Service Has Already Flagged Starting Mar 2 at 8:00 PM EST

I spent this afternoon going through hundreds of folders of exhibits, books and other resources flagged by the National Park Service as potentially violating the Trump administration's executive order re: public history. Join me tonight at 8PM EST for a live chat. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

I know there are more important things to worry about right now, but I am working my way through the files. It is so much worse than I thought. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

I am downloading the files right now. Thanks.

When That Other "Sons" of Civil War Veterans Group Visited the Shaw Memorial in Boston in 1950 You've heard of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, but what about the Sons of Union Veterans?

When That Other "Sons" of Civil War Veterans Group Visited the Shaw Memorial in Boston in 1950 #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

I'm sorry, Kevin, but if I'm here and you are here, doesn't that make this our time?

I agree. I don't get the sense that they have any understanding of how a Civil War army was organized and functioned at any level of operation.

Recent scholarship suggests that factors shaping desertion were incredibly complex.

YouTube video by Netflix Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards

When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...

Column | Frontline leaders are disappearing. The Civil War shows why that’s a problem. Would an army with excellent captains and mediocre generals be better than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains? The Department of Data looks to the Civil War for answers.

This is so utterly stupid. I don't even know where to begin. "That is to say that an army with excellent captains and a mediocre corps of generals would be several times more effective than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When That Other "Sons" of Civil War Veterans Group Visited the Shaw Memorial in Boston in 1950 You've heard of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, but what about the Sons of Union Veterans?

When That Other "Sons" of Civil War Veterans Group Visited the Shaw Memorial in Boston in 1950 #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Thanks for the interest, Nico. It won't be available for preorder until April.

"The Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature." — James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1798