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Virginia School District Votes to Re-Rename Schools After Confederate Officers
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Virginia school district voted on Friday to undo a 2020 decision that removed the names of three...
Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPutting the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson back on Virginia schools is reminder of how...
Virginia school board restores Confederate names
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Civil War Southern generals to two schools, four years after they were removed following a...
Hold off, Geraldo: West Point time capsule held something, after all
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWEST POINT − Days after what appeared to be a "Geraldo" moment — when the U.S. Military Academy held...
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
E! News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than 155 years after the last of the enslaved African-Americans were freed, Juneteenth celebrations commemorating that fateful day have taken on a...
Editorial: Turning the page on Confederate namesakes
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe renaming of Fort Lee, Fort Pickett and Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, and six other Army bases named for Confederate military leaders, makes a powerful statement that the military recognizes ...
United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLegislation that would end tax benefits for the United Daughters of the Confederacy — the...
Bringing one of Norfolk’s oldest homes back to life: The Taylor-Whittle House is 231 years old and...
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNot much attention has been paid to the historic Taylor-Whittle House over the past decade. The home...
Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − the military park shows what national...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHow should opposing armies be commemorated on a battlefield? Gettysburg offers an especially...
School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of...
