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When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Is there mail delivery? All about the federal holiday
Gannett via AOL· 21 hours agoOn what date was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? President Abraham Lincoln issued the...
Lincoln-signed statehood document sold at auction to WV buyer
The Charleston Gazette· 1 day agoA West Virginian was the successful bidder in last week’s online auction of an 1861 document signed...
“A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand”: Deciphering Lincoln’s Warning About Civil War
Mentalfloss· 6 days agoIn a short speech whose fame might rival that of the Gettysburg Address, the future president warned...
Lebanon's Juneteenth Celebration coming to Monument Park
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoLee surrendered at Appomattox, ending the Civil War, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in...
Clarence Page: Evanston’s reparations program, meant to attack discrimination, is accused of being...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNews that a conservative nonprofit legal group is challenging Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program got me thinking about the many attempts to redress the wrongs of systemic racism through ...
When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Here's when the US commemorates the end of slavery
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHere's how the holiday started and why we celebrate each year: What is Juneteenth? Declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during ...
Solemnity and joy as Ashland celebrated end of Civil War
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 5 days agoShortly thereafter came the sorrowful news of the death of President Lincoln. His assassination...
Pride Month will mark the anniversary and spirit of the Stonewall uprising | Opinion
Miami Herald via AOL· 6 days agoOur nation faced its greatest crisis with the Civil War. Following the battle of Gettysburg, ...
How Dare You Suggest The Political Party That Keeps Talking About Civil War Is Talking About Civil ...
Talking Points Memo· 2 days agoThe conservative Washington Examiner whipped its readers into a frenzy by fronting Waters’...
The United States is lurching towards civil war
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoWhen the news of the Trump verdict came on the car radio, I almost had to pull over. My thought was: “This is Fort Sumter.” Just as when the South...