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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
‘The Unvanquished’ Review: From the Shadows of the Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF The Civil War lingers through sweeping, cinematic episodes—Gettysburg and Vicksburg,...
Manitowoc Civil War gravestone restoration to be completed on Veterans Day, and more news in weekly...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMANITOWOC - The mission to restore all Civil War gravestones in Section E2 of Evergreen Cemetery in...
Woodland Cemetery is bursting with history — and this tour guide is happy to share
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere are too many stories to tell about the people buried in Woodland Cemetery; too much to say...
Frazeysburg native survived harrowing Civil War ordeal
The Coshocton Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFRAZEYSBURG − John Lane, a Coshocton native who now lives in Tennessee, was always fascinated by a...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Following the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the...
Statue of trailblazing educator and civil rights activist Bethune unveiled in U.S. Capitol
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON, D.C. — On a July day in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune came into the world in a small log...
Arthur I. Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the...
Women’s History Month: Who was Albert Cashier?
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHow much do you know about the history of women in Rockford? In celebration and recognition of Women's History Month, the Rockford Register Star has...
Here's a look at how RI started celebrating the Fourth of July all the way back in 1777
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuly 4 is not really a military or veterans' holiday. But let’s not forget that our ability to...