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Decoration Day in Syracuse: The evolution of Memorial Day
The Post-Standard· 6 hours agoAt half-past one on a sunny Sunday afternoon, May 30, 1869, the tolling of the bell in the old...
Editorial: Remember this Memorial Day the lives it took to keep U.S. safe and at peace
Tulsa World· 17 hours agoIt became a national cemetery during the war in June 1864 after the property’s executor — Gen. ...
Virginia school board restores Confederate names
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 5 days agoProud and satisfied, or sad and embarrassed. However citizens of the commonwealth view Shenandoah County School Board’s recent decision, Virginia appears...
N.C. residents sue to remove monument dedicated to ‘our faithful slaves’
Washington Post· 22 hours agoTyrrell County residents are pushing to remove a confederate monument that overlooks a North...
NC group file lawsuit to have Confederate monument with inscription 'faithful slaves' removed
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 7 hours agoThe monument is a zinc statue resting on a base featuring a bust of Robert E. Lee and the...
Greg Iles almost died writing his latest book: 'This might be the last thing I ever do'
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoPenn Cage leads a dramatic life — he’s a Houston prosecutor turned novelist turned mayor of his...
Glenn Youngkin Vetoes Bill Protecting Birth Control, Suggests Law Isn't Necessary
Jezebel· 3 days agoOn Friday night, Virginia Gov. and bodily autonomy hater Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed a pair of bills...
Williams: Protesters' lives matter. There's no pardoning political violence
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 6 days agoWe do not want to be a place where protesters feel compelled to arm themselves for protection...
Patt Morrison: California settled no-fault divorce decades ago. Why is it back in the news?
Los Angeles Times· 14 hours agoCalifornia, ever the pioneer, was the first state to legalize no-fault divorce in 1969, signed into...
12 Historic Facts That'll Blow Your Sense of Time Out of the Water
MediaFeed via AOL· 11 hours agoHave you ever stumbled across a couple of historical facts and related them to one another, only to...