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National Military Park to commemorate surrender of Vicksburg - The Vicksburg Post
The Vicksburg Post· 13 hours agoBeginning Friday, July 5, and running through Sunday, July 7, Vicksburg National Military Park and...
Events commemorate anniversary of Vicksburg’s surrender
WJTV Jackson· 10 hours agoVICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – The Vicksburg National Military Park (VNMP) and Friends of VNMP and...
Juneteenth a reminder of ongoing struggles for freedom
The Hill· 6 days agoAlthough Juneteenth represents a day of freedom for Black Americans, many still struggle to realize...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut just after the start of the Civil War, in 1860, it was the site of a Union Army training camp,...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRobert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, which all but ended the Civil War, a U.S. Army officer arrived in Galveston ...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAfter 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...history. And even when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered ...
Voting by mail in 1864
Quincy Herald-Whig· 3 days agoThe 1864 election was at the height of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln sought reelection which prompted debate about voting by mail, seditious...
Editorial: Juneteenth isn't a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday, is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those...
Manitowoc’s Henry Baetz: a German immigrant, Union soldier and public servant who was Wisconsin's...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn 1868, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago that nominated Ulysses...
Ben Fields: West Virginia Day brings up old bone to pick (Opinion)
The Charleston Gazette· 5 days agoAs all good West Virginians know, the state was formally established on June 20, 1863, as part of...