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Virginia NAACP sues school board for reinstating Confederate names
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe Virginia NAACP sued a county school board Tuesday over its reinstatement of Confederate military...
Rock Island National Cemetery honoring 108th United States Colored Troops
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe Rock Island National Cemetery is hosting a ceremony honoring the soldiers of the 108th United...
Winston-Salem Confederate statue to be relocated to Davidson County park
WJZY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDENTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A Confederate statue that had been the center of controversy in Winston-Salem...
Learn about the Jewish experience in East Tennessee
Gannett via AOL· 19 hours agoMany of the merchants formed the Knoxville Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1864 to take care of the sick and indigent and to support widows and orphans....
Where can Richmond students buy clear backpacks?
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 7 days agoThe Richmond Public School Board voted Monday to require all students to use clear backpacks in an attempt to curb violence. The new policy will go into...
Fallen but not forgotten | Times News Online
Times News· 7 hours agoThere was a time when society seemed to be more sensitive and compassionate about casualties of war, but today there are so many distractions that cause us to not have our priorities in the ...
In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial 80...
JTA· 6 days agoNathan Baskind was killed in action shortly after D-Day. A year-long investigation found his remains...
D. Jake Roberts: Days devoted to flying flags and banners
Scottsbluff Star-Herald· 4 days agoThe sights and sounds of flags are everywhere.
‘You have to know your history and build on it.’ Clay County kicks off Juneteenth celebration with...
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 4 days agoTourists got a street view of Liberty’s Garrison Historic District. The sites toured include the...
Find out what the great-grandson of John Hendrix, the prophet of Oak Ridge, revealed
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“Before the Civil War, Gallaher was a teacher,” Aslinger added. “He served in the Confederate Army...