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Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg battlefield
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoVICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi...
Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War works to keep memories alive
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThey’re most often seen on Memorial Day, sometimes dressed in replica uniforms, but appearing at...
Manitowoc Civil War gravestone restoration to be completed on Veterans Day, and more news in weekly...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year 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...
Theodore Decker: Amid suburban hustle and bustle, early U.S. veterans to be honored
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBehind a row of shops on Route 256 in Reynoldsburg, past the coincidentally patriotic dumpsters of...
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· 5 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· 1 month 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...
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...
