http://www.rouviere.com/photo/blog en donna@rouviere.com Copyright 2011 2011-12-23T21:46:51+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/arlington_trying_to_resolve_grave_mistakes http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/arlington_trying_to_resolve_grave_mistakes#When:21:46:51Z Arlington National Cemetery is trying to resolve discrepancies between 65,000 graves and the documentation on them. 2011-12-23T21:46:51+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/how_times_have_changed http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/how_times_have_changed#When:22:32:01Z Civil War Christmas are in vogue. How has Christmas changed from the way we celebrate it? And how has commemorating the Civil War changed compared to the last major commemoration in 1961? 2011-12-15T22:32:01+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/americas_oldest_black_church_reopens http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/americas_oldest_black_church_reopens#When:17:25:14Z The African Meeting House in Boston is reopening to the public this week. 2011-12-09T17:25:14+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/christmas_dog_and_civil_war_food http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/christmas_dog_and_civil_war_food#When:17:06:53Z This week's blog is an eclectic potpourri of Civil War related items ranging from combat dogs to cookbooks. 2011-12-09T17:06:53+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/real_and_virtual_civil_war_sites http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/real_and_virtual_civil_war_sites#When:16:49:43Z One of the most astounding things about the Civil War commemoration is the variety of ways in which it is being remembered. Here is a small sampling: 2011-12-09T16:49:43+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/south_suffers_economical_and_socially http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/south_suffers_economical_and_socially#When:16:40:25Z The South still suffers economically and socially, 150 years after the war, a study shows. 2011-12-09T16:40:25+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/fort_monroe_designated_a_national_monument http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/fort_monroe_designated_a_national_monument#When:11:27:30Z Fort Monroe, Virginia, has been declared a national monument. The Fort at Hampton Roads was the site where the first Africans came ashore, launching slavery, and where thousands of slaves fled to freedom during the Civil War. 2011-11-04T11:27:30+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/monumental_surge_in_commemorative_markers http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/monumental_surge_in_commemorative_markers#When:11:13:44Z New monuments are cropping up everywhere, providing future opportunities for fund raising drives to restore and maintain them. 2011-11-04T11:13:44+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/Creative_commemorations http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/Creative_commemorations#When:12:12:14Z From sword fights on horseback to the bullet that killed Lincoln, reenactors, museums and trail enthusiasts are finding creative ways to commemorate the Civil using their own interests and the resources available to them. 2011-10-21T12:12:14+00:00 http://rouviere.com/index/how_is_the_south_doing_150_years_after_the_war http://rouviere.com/ancestor_images/civil_war_dispatch/how_is_the_south_doing_150_years_after_the_war#When:11:41:27Z The South continues to suffer large economic gaps in comparison to other areas of the country. 2011-10-21T11:41:27+00:00