Andy Chandler
Last Soldier Killed in Civil War Was Hoosier
Photos courtesy Andy Chandler Portland, Indiana. May 2025. Ask most people when the Civil War ended; they’ll tell you it was when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. History buffs like an effect as great…
Read MoreGetting Permission From President’s Grandson
Photos courtesy Andy Chandler Dateline Charles City, Va. The 2020 September morning in the James Peninsula in Virginia was interrupted by a stern voice: “What are you doing here? We’re closed til 9.” I glanced at my watch; 8:55 a.m.…
Read MoreLt. Governor Micah Beckwith. Sine Cera. Part II
EDITOR’S NOTE: Andy Chandler is a presidential historian and a museum archivist at Candles Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute and the Ernie Pyle WW II Museum in Dana Ind. He is also…
Read MoreMongtomery, Ala. “It’s just a photo.”
Mongtomery, Ala. “It’s just a photo.” It’s just a picture. Just an image on a screen. If we’re precise, it was taken with a Fuji XPro 2, using a 35mm lens. The settings were ISO 200, 1/800th of a second at F7.1. Metadata says it was…
Read MoreLt. Governor Micah Beckwith. Sine Cera. Part I
Photos courtesy Andy Chandler EDITOR’S NOTE: Andy Chandler is a presidential historian and a museum archivist at Candles Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute and the Ernie Pyle WW II Museum in…
Read MoreWalk half a mile in someone’s shoes
“Walk a mile in someone’s shoes,” the saying goes. It’s true. I discovered more about the 1965 Civil Rights marches and of myself doing that. Last year, I found myself in Selma, Ala. to…
Read MoreHappy St. Patrick’s Day – Chamber Style
By Andy Chandler For The Paper This St. Patrick’s Day morning, the Hampton Inn on the northside of Crawfordsville played host to the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce’s event, Biz…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln’s Younger Brother
In 2012, NPR did a survey on Abraham Lincoln. How many books were written about him? The estimate came out to around 15,000. To read a few is to presume to know the man.…
Read MoreDo You Remember U.S. President David Atchison?
For much of U.S. history, until the presidential transition of 1933, presidential inaugurations occurred on March 4. After that disastrous transitional which saw the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations simply ignoring each other during an economic meltdown that…
Read MoreThe Human Library Marks 26th Year
This past Saturday marked the 26th year of the Human Library, hosted by the Humans United for Equality and set at the Crawfordsville District Library. The concept was the anthropomorphism of…
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