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What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 8 hours agoJune 19, also known as Juneteenth, was first celebrated as an official state holiday in...
‘The Age of Reconstruction’ Review: A Global Emancipation
The Wall Street Journal· 4 hours agoEuropeans and Latin Americans had followed the Civil War closely. “The one event which knit us...
Cricket is trying to take the US by storm, but is it working?
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoNow, 180 years on, this fixture opened the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup in Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas,...
Kevin Costner on His Kids' Reaction to Seeing Him Emotional at Cannes
Entertainment Tonight· 4 days agoKevin Costner is looking back at the emotional moment he shared with five of his kids at the Cannes...
Viral Claim Says Every US Founding Father Was a Felon. Here Are the Facts
Snopes via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoA treason charge doesn't always lead to a conviction — after theAmerican Civil War, many Confederate...
Howey: Braun continues a DC-to-Indianapolis trend
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThere have been varied breeding grounds for future Indiana governors. After the American Civil War, Govs. Conrad Baker, Isaac Gray, Alvin ...
Kevin Costner refused to shorten eulogy at Whitney Houston’s funeral: ‘They can get over that’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCostner has recently been promoting his new self-funded film, Horizon. The film is part of Costner’s...
'Two days and it's over': Russian arms dealer endorses Trump amid call for U.S. civil war
The Raw Story· 4 days agoViktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer dubbed the "merchant of death," endorsed former U.S. President...
How the ‘Corridor of Death’ Saved the D-Day Invasion
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMoissy is no more than a hamlet on a road to nowhere in Normandy. At a barely visible turn-off, easily overlooked, there’s a small hand-painted sign,...
Remembering the Battle of Philippi: The Civil War in West Virginia
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGHENT, WV (WVNS) — On June 3, 1861, the bloodiest war fought on American soil commenced with a bang:...