Five videos feature entire content of the two-hour educational event On April 17, 2011, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spearhead an event that will forever change my understanding of American history: The Denver Public Library and I partnered together to bring the Colorado community Lessons Learned at Bloody Sand Creek: A panel…
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The Battle of Sand Creek was one of the most devastating engagements of the Indian wars due to both its violence and controversy. In order to really understand how and why the Sand Creek Massacre happened, we have to look at the event as a product of the complex intertwining of the politics, military policy,…
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Please accept my personal invitation to attend a discussion of Colorado’s darkest hour. Join me for my FREE panel discussion about the Sand Creek Massacre at the Denver Public Library April 17, 2011 Of all the atrocities perpetrated on the Native American people during the Westward expansion, Colorado was home to one of the worst:…
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Give Me Eighty Men depicts 145th anniversary of Wyoming Fetterman Battle of 1866. Give Me Eighty Men been added to the permanent collection of the Tucson Museum of Art. You can see the finished bronze here: Give Me 80 Men Give Me Eighty Men: The Fetterman Fight-December 21, 1866 By Craig Bergsgaard To be cast…
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More scenes from the foundry casting of Memorare, Sand Creek 1864 As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series, I promised one of our clients updates of how his Memorare, Sand Creek 1864 was progressing at the foundry. This has been one of my most popular articles, so without further ado, here are more…
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