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Thousands of Black Civil War troops organized in Macon. This vet keeps their history alive
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 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 ...
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 ...
President Biden, the time for national reparations is now
The Hill· 2 days agoReparations have been debated since the end of the Civil War, but many track the most recent...
A wax sculpture of Abe Lincoln was no match for D.C.’s punishing heat
Washington Post· 11 hours agoWax Abe Lincoln, it turns out, was no match for Washington’s punishing heat wave. The six-foot-tall...
Austin picks new chief of staff, draws mixed reactions
The Hill· 10 hours agoDerek Chollet, the State Department’s current counselor, will start his new Pentagon role in July,...
Gettysburg’s Little Round Top reopens after two years
WHTM via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoGETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Little Round Top area of the Gettysburg battlefield reopened on Monday...
'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 ...
Kevin Costner Shares How He Relates to 'Bachelor' Franchise After Joan Vassos Reveals Crush on Him...
ET Online via AOL· 6 hours agoKevin Costner relates to Bachelor Nation stars. ET's Cassie DiLaura spoke to the Yellowstone alum at...
'House of the Dragon' just played one of the oldest soap opera tricks in the book
Mashable· 20 hours agoIt's one of the oldest tricks in storytelling, and House of the Dragon just peaked an episode with...