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Confederate monument to 'faithful slaves' must be removed, North Carolina residents' lawsuit says
Associated Press· 5 days agoA federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks the removal of a Confederate monument marked as “in...
Black North Carolinians Sue Over ‘Unsafe’ Confederate Monument Honoring ‘Faithful Slaves,’ Claim...
The New York Sun· 2 days agoIs a monument outside of a county courthouse dedicated in appreciation of “faithful slaves” racially...
Confederate Monuments in the Post-Reconstruction South
Cato Institute· 4 days agoTo determine the appropriate place of Confederate monuments in modern America, it is crucial to understand their original purpose and the impact they have ...
Asheville’s Vance Monument court fight is ‘over’ with obelisk remains to be destroyed
WUNC Chapel Hill· 3 days agoA judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed in Buncombe Superior Court by a Confederate history preservation group seeking to block the demolition of the Vance Monument ...
Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 7 days agoGlenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session...
‘Everybody’s here.’ Kentucky history lives on inside the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 2015, after a mass shooter targeted Black people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina cities...
Opinion: Finding meaning and hope on Memorial Day
Hartford Courant· 12 hours agoLike many Americans, I put far too little thought into the meaning of Memorial Day. Amid alarming assaults on our democratic traditions and values,...
Just Askin': Why is there no statue of Muhammad Ali in Louisville?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoPublic officials, residents proposed an Ali statue in recent years The idea of an Ali monument at...
Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned slave people
NPR· 3 days ago"We're taking the statues down because it had something to do with something bad," Womer says...
Bangor’s war memorials can teach us about those who died in the line of duty
Bangor Daily News· 19 hours agoStephen Decatur Carpenter, a Bangor native whose death in battle in 1864 spurred the creation of the...