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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Civil War ended in April 1865 and two months later, on June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger...
White Supremacist Group Marches Through Downtown Charleston Saturday - West Virginia Public...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 6 days agoWitnesses reported the seeing the men unload two U-Haul trucks at Daniel Boone Park and marching to...
San Antonio has direct ties to Cinco de Mayo history
San Antonio Express-News· 17 hours agoIn the Battle of Puebla, Mexican Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza defeated Napoleon III of France, an ally of the Confederate cause, including a Confederate Texas.
April marks the beginning and end of the American Civil War
Daily Press· 5 days agoRobert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox. Although local Civil War...
U-Haul Loving Neo-Nazis Mask Up to Trot Through Charleston
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWearing matching khakis, navy blue polos, white hats and face coverings, they chanted and paraded...
Concord man sentenced for hate crimes against Black, Hispanic men
WSOC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHis truck had several flags flying, including the Confederate flag. Prosecutors said in October...
Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims victory in first democratic South Africa elections -...
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoIn 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died ...
Woman accents humanity in Civil War Roundtable [The Scribbler]
Lancaster Online· 5 days agoCindy Beaston has conversations with Civil War generals. Because Beaston is committed to explaining...
"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe fort, and its 75 men, were commanded by Major Robert Anderson. A Kentuckian by birth, he'd...
2 PNW tribes say Tri-Cities casino plan could start an ‘Indian war’
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 5 days agoThe Yakama Nation is objecting to efforts by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to...