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Guest Spot: The entire North Fork should celebrate Juneteenth - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 6 hours agoObserved on June 19, Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in...Texas, to announce the end of slavery, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the ...
The furious bombardment that opened the US Civil War
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThere is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours of a Prime Minister...
Reckoning With the Kentucky Derby's Roots in Slavery
Time via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHis plan was to smuggle the trunks to northern cities to infect people and decimate Union forces. One of those trunks was meant for Washington, D.C., and...
Two faces of war: America 1861, Spain 1812
Smoky Mountain News· 3 days agoHere lifelong Civil War historian Emory Thomas, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, examines the principal figures and events of a year...
Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 2 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides slavery to define the war’s origins. Half a century later, in the aftermath of the civil rights ...
Historic mistake? White bricks have many in downtown Fort Myers seeing red
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBochette hopes it can be dealt with quickly, but the decision will be telling, he says, and will...
Lynx offense rolls in win over Yellow Jackets
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 3 days agoAbraham Lincoln’s offense exploded for seven goals in the second half to defeat Thomas Jefferson for the fourth consecutive time, 10-0. “It’s a nice win...
Edtech Show & Tell: May 2024
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSubjects include AP US history, AP world history, AP biology, environmental science, macroeconomics, and physics. AI-generated historical figures include...
Opinion: Kristi Noem shot her ‘untrainable’ dog. If she thought we’d be impressed by her toughness,...
CNN.com· 5 days ago“If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog,” goes the famous line attributed to late President...
14 things to do in the Coachella Valley this week April 29-May 5
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOnly seen by Palm Springs audiences, this show explores the four years that Abraham Lincoln shared a...