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Solemnity and joy as Ashland celebrated end of Civil War
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBetween Ashland’s recent Memorial Day commemoration and upcoming Juneteenth celebration, this seems...
Virginia governor's rollback of rights restoration has disenfranchised thousands of voters
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn the last ten years, Virginia's governors have used the commonwealth's constitution to change...
Confederate Memorial Day is in May. Here's what to know about the controversial 'holiday.'
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThose driving into South Carolina are met with quite the sight on Interstate 85. Flying atop a...
Michigan town refuses to give up a historic flag
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIONIA — A promise is a promise, and he intends to keep it. There’s an old flag hanging in the historic courthouse in downtown Ionia. It’s deep blue,...
What's your state song? Every state (except one) has an official tune.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States in 1931 when...
Editor describes Confederate memoir at Root House in Marietta
Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 17—MARIETTA — A memoir by John C. Reed, a Civil War line officer in the 8th Georgia Infantry who recorded his first-hand account of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, was recently ...
The US is removing Confederate statues but Florida wants to keep them
dpa international via Yahoo News· 5 months agoConfederate monuments have come down in Orlando, Tampa and most recently Jacksonville as part of a...
Explore the most mysterious ghost towns in the UK and beyond
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe eeriest escapes in the world SteveMcCarthy/Shutterstock A deserted Gold Rush town, a haunted...
Congressional brawls aren’t new. Look at House Speaker Henry Clay. | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe election of Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new Speaker of the U.S. House of...
Cruelest week in history: 13 tragedies (earthquake, Titanic, Columbine) happened around April 20
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"It's been a week." You've heard that before, right? For some reason, the week of April 15-21 has...
