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Roundtable: If Galesburg had a Mount Rushmore, who should be on it?
The Register-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf Galesburg had a Mount Rushmore type of monument, who is a person you think belongs on it that...
Patt Morrison: Confederate sentiment in Southern California ran deeper than you might know
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThis week marks the anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender near the end of the Civil War. Southern...
Our Town: O’Fallon prosperity through the eyes of an immigrant
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“The population consisted mostly of the old Americans and of English and Irish, of whom most were...
156 Years Later, Ulysses S. Grant Could Get One Last Promotion
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe war hero, once ranked among the worst U.S. presidents but whose reputation is on the upswing,...
James Lee Burke talks about Clete Purcel, the Civil War and more
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen I ask author James Lee Burke whether the rumor is true that he’s finally written a novel devoted to his brawling, beloved character Clete Purcel, he laughs heartily and pumps his fists ...
Restoration of Knoxville’s oldest Black cemetery highlights importance to city’s history
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGRAVES have sunk and headstones have toppled in the oldest Black cemetery in Knoxville. Six decades...
Kenilworth is home to WNC's oldest public Black cemetery. Meet the men who saved it.
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoASHEVILLE - Kudzu-choked and overgrown, Western North Carolina's oldest public African American...