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On This Day, May 10: IRS apologizes for targeting Tea Party, 'patriots'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoFile Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI May 10 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1865, Confederate...
Conservative commentator falsely claims US presidents can cancel federal elections
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe 11 Confederate states, which had seceded from the U.S., followed Jefferson Davis, who had been...
Gerth: Ed Hamilton's statues have immortalized some of the nation's greatest. Who will make his?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoSome will certainly argue that Mitch McConnell should be cast in metal when he dies — but his statue...
May 9, 1865: Civil War declared “virtually over,” but not quite
WHTM via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoWASHINGTON, D.C. (WHTM) — On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia...
Today in History: John Wayne Gacy executed
Chicago Tribune· 4 hours agoOn May 10, 1994, the state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
KION 46 Salinas· 2 days agoA statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her...
Fritz Wetherbee: Stephen Symonds Foster, Abolitionist
WMUR New Hampshire· 7 days agoPIERCE, OTHER VERY CLOSE FRIEND WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS. YEAH, THIS IS THE JEFFERSON DAVIS WHO WAS...
Think Trump is bad? This book reminds you that neo-cons are worse
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“The idea that all Americans share a commitment to the nation’s founding principles has always been...
Arkansans Honor Daisy Bates as Statue Unveiled at U.S. Capitol
Arkansas Money & Politics· 1 day agoMore than a hundred people filled the pews at Little Rock’s Second Baptist Church Wednesday to watch...
‘The Unvanquished’ Review: From the Shadows of the Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoIn 1864 a Union detachment was ordered to dash into Richmond, Va., torch the city and kill...