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Government offices close as three Southern states memorialize Confederacy
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoState offices across Mississippi will be closed on Monday as the Magnolia State observes Confederate...
Friday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does Florida still celebrate it and what does it mean?
Tallahassee Democrat· 2 days agoConfederate Memorial Day is one of three Confederate holidays — along with the birthdays of General...
Brighton photog aims to educate on dark history of Confederate monuments
Gannett via AOL· 5 days ago“I think it's pretty clearly understood now by most historians that they went up as a way of...
Kali Holloway, Independent Media Institute
The Raw Story· 2 days agoThe response to those ridiculous cop-outs is that Confederate monuments honor and glorify people who fought to maintain black chattel ...
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
NPR· 7 days agoA "fairer flag was never furled," declares one monument in Montgomery, Ala., not of the American...
A century-long effort to recast the Civil War
NPR· 6 days agoSo we think we get to keep the dirt and the monument because we're doing what we ought to be doing from a constitutional perspective. SULLIVAN: Nationwide ...
The Burial Sites of Some of America's Most Infamous Outlaws
Cheapism via AOL· 4 days ago©TripAdvisor Jesse James Died: 1882...Missouri Jesse James is an iconic Western outlaw. He gained...
50 Famous World Gravesites and Cemeteries
Cheapism via AOL· 3 days agoStill, many visitors come first and foremost to see the headstone and adjacent monument honoring one of America's most respected < ...
Editorial: Mississippi has heroes who fought for democracy. Why is it marking Confederate Heritage...
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoAmerican democracy is far younger than is often supposed. It is younger than the current president,...
Meet the Real Villains of Black History
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBlack History is filled with heroes, but it also has it’s fair share of villains. From Robert E. Lee to David Duke, here are the most terrifying men and...
