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A town tried to heal racial divides. It energized Confederate supporters instead.
What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the ...
Winston-Salem Journal18d
Winston-Salem's Confederate statue: A symbol of white supremacy or a memorial to Confederate sacrifice?
The UDC, at the time made up of women whose husbands and fathers had fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, raised $3,000 to build the statue, according to the book, “Commemorative ...
Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.
First Coast News27d
'Demeaning me': Jacksonville civil rights activists rally for removal of Confederate monuments - First Coast News
Activists gathered at the Duval County federal courthouse Friday, continuing the fight to have all Confederate monuments in Jacksonville and Florida be taken down.
The Hill23d
Pentagon to restore names of 7 more Army bases that honored Confederate generals - The Hill
President Trump to restore names of military bases formerly named after Confederate generals. Forts Picket, Hood, Gordon, Rutger, Poke, AP Hill, and Robert E. Lee.
Mises Institute12dOpinion
Total War Against Civilians Is Never Justified
Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...
Factinate on MSN14d
Archaeologists in Kentucky discovered the disturbing evidence of a long-forgotten tragedy from the final days of the American Civil War.
In 2025, archaeologists researching the Civil War history of Kentucky found what may be two mass graves near Simpsonville. The sites are thought to hold the remains of over twenty Black Union soldiers ...
The Washington Post19d
Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong.
History is the polemics of the victor, William F. Buckley once said. Not so in the United States, at least not regarding the Civil War. As soon as the Confederates laid down their arms, some ...
Richmond12d
St. Paul's Episcopal Church discusses Confederate imagery
This Biblical event alludes to Confederate President Jefferson Davis's own two-year imprisonment following the Civil War, which most Southers felt was unjust. Davis was baptized a member of St ...
What Reading 5,000 Pages About a Single Family Taught Me About America
When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?
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'Demeaning me': Jacksonville civil rights activists rally for removal of Confederate monuments - MSN
That was the resounding message shouted from the steps of the Duval County federal courthouse Friday by civil rights activists, regarding the push to have all Confederate monuments in Jacksonville ...
Is Juneteenth a paid holiday?
According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation or ...