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What is Cinco de Mayo? Holiday's meaning and origins tied to famous 1862 battle
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIncredibly, Mexico claimed victory by the evening, and Juárez declared May 5 a national holiday. The...
When is Cinco de Mayo 2024 and why is it celebrated?
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThe victory also had international implications, as it helped to demonstrate that the French army was not invincible. This indirectly affected the ...
COLUMNIST: Sleepwalking into another American civil war? | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days agoIf you're searching for insight into the likelihood of a second American civil war, you won't find...
April marks the beginning and end of the American Civil War
Daily Press· 5 days agoApril is a good time to explore local sites that focus on the American Civil War, which began on...
Kirsten Dunst Rings in Her Birthday with a Nod to 99 Cents Only Stores Closing
People via Yahoo News· 4 days agoKirsten Dunst appeared to respond to the recent news that 99 Cents Only stores around the country...
Review: 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
New Hampshire Union Leader· 16 hours agoThere may be a tendency to think of the war in the same breath as Abraham Lincoln, but Larson, whose...
Discover Museum Secrets: The American Revolution
AARP· 12 hours agoCome along on a virtual visit to The Museum of the American Revolution, which opened in 2017 in Philadelphia. Learn from a museum educator where the collection came from, how an Episcopal minister ...
Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 2 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides slavery to define the war’s origins. Half a century later, in the aftermath of the civil rights ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThere is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours of a Prime Minister...
Mississippi one of only four states that still celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. Why?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMississippi is one of four states to still celebrate the holiday, which was established in 1886...
