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Jesse Plemons Shows Off Weight Loss While Joined by Wife Kirsten Dunst at “Kinds of Kindness”...
People via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe 'Civil War' stars arrived in sophisticated ensembles at the New York premiere of Jesse's latest...
On Juneteenth, Alabama's new National Monument to Freedom dedicated to those who endured slavery
Fox News· 15 hours agoThe Equal Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit, dedicated its National Monument...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat· 16 hours agoThe grounds which serve as the site of Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was used very much as it is today 170 years ago, as a place for agricultural fairs and other events. Camp Koerner — named after ...
Police say 15 shot during Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California
KY3 Springfield· 6 hours agoFifteen people were shot after an illegal “sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoJun. 20—Today is West Virginia Day, the anniversary of West Virginia becoming the nation's 35th state. To my knowledge, West Virginia is the only state that was created by seceding from an existing ...
Thousands of Black Civil War troops organized in Macon. This vet keeps their history alive
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoHe shared with festival attendees a story he has shared repeatedly all over the state — three of the...
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat was two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, during the Civil War....
Two national parks to honor Black soldiers for Juneteenth
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWilliam Garvin was a former slave who enlisted in the military during the Civil War.National Park...
Birthday with a purpose: Governor's Schools ongoing for state's 161st
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJun. 20—Thursday was West Virginia Day and Dustin Lambert was spending the morning of it on Interstate 77. He was motoring from Charleston, the Mountain State's capital city, to Wheeling, which ...
While Florida was part of the Confederacy, Key West was not and freed its slaves early
CBS News· 1 day agoDuring the Civil War, Florida was part of the Confederate States of America. "Despite the fact that...