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Thousands of Black Civil War troops organized in Macon. This vet keeps their history alive
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHe shared with festival attendees a story he has shared repeatedly all over the state — three of the...
Speaker highlights local Black history
Winona Post· 6 days agoDuring the Civil War, a future Winona restaurateur escaped slavery. James Stovall was among several trailblazing Black Minnesotans on ...
How Cole Escola Made ‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway’s Hottest Summer Show
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 day ago, Abraham Lincoln’s wife, who Escola plays, is imagined as a wannabe cabaret star, thoroughly bored...
This creative capital city deserves a lot more attention
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoArts, culture and culinary creations are on display in dynamic neighborhoods across Richmond. And...
'The 29th of Illinois': Honoring the Black Civil War regiment connected to Juneteenth
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTazewell County honored the 11 residents who served with the 29th Colored Infantry during the Civil ...
Two national parks to honor Black soldiers for Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 6 days agoCamp Nelson National Monument and Mammoth Cave National Park will celebrate the history and contributions of Black servicemen during and after the Civil ...
This creative capital city deserves a lot more attention
CNN.com· 1 day agoAnd the city is taking a hard look at its complicated history — as the capital of the Confederacy...
'House of the Dragon' just played one of the oldest soap opera tricks in the book
Mashable· 1 day agoIt's one of the oldest tricks in storytelling, and House of the Dragon just peaked an episode with...
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Island Packet· 7 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the day the Union army reached Texas, the westernmost state of the Confederacy, and announced to the enslaved population their freedom on June 19, 1865. Over the weekend ...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 days 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 ...