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South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of a deserter being executed by a firing squad at the Federal Camp in Alexandria...
MEMORIAL DAY: It's the cause, not the power, that has defined the valiant U.S. soldier
Examiner Enterprise via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany years ago, I visited the Shiloh National Park, located on the state borders of Tennessee and...
Fred L. Goldenberg: Treating the living fairly honors those who died
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 28—On April 9, 1865, the American Civil War officially ended with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army at Appomattox ...
Where did Memorial Day start and why do Americans celebrate it?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmericans are celebrating Memorial Day on Monday 29 May, in honour of those who have lost their...
The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a...
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoOPINION: The proclamation — issued Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln — didn’t bring...
It may be the only exercise you need. We might be in the perfect place for it | Strange
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoMay, I recently learned, is National Walking Month. What a grand part of the world we live in to...
Your Guide to Juneteenth: Everything You Need to Know About the Holiday
Cosmopolitan via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHave questions about Juneteenth, the now-federal holiday celebrated on June 19th? Read this to find...
Over a dozen ghosts roam Vicksburg’s McRaven House. Is it Mississippi’s most haunted building?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFrom doors slamming shut, furniture moving by itself, to disembodied voices, the McRaven House in...