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Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 10 hours agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil
Richmond exhibit explores how slavery caused the Civil War
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 6 days agoDiscussions around what caused the Civil War can often lead to division. The American Civil War...
Beyond Shardlake: 10 more great historical crime series
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMany Telegraph readers greeted the awful news of CJ Sansom’s death yesterday by vowing to reread all...
Forgotten no more: Marker will be dedicated for Civil War soldier from Coshocton County
The Times-Reporter via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNEW BEDFORD ‒ Coshocton County native Solomon Duncan served four years in the Union Army during the ...
Sonny Rollins' big-hearted music speaks for itself on newly reissued 'Freedom Weaver'
NPR· 2 days agoHis 1959 trio music, my commentary aside, needs no such mediation. His big-hearted music speaks for itself. (SOUNDBITE OF SONNY ROLLINS SONG, "LOVE LETTERS ...
Detroit's Civil War history, uncovered - WDET 101.9 FM
WDET-FM Detroit· 6 days agoIn 1863, as the Civil War raged on, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation...
This week on "Sunday Morning" (April 28)
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA look at the features for this week's broadcast of the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy-winner for Outstanding Recorded News Program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
The Weirdest City Slogan in Every State
AOL· 7 days agoYou may have never heard of Ormond Beach, Florida, or Lebanon, Tennessee, but their slogans sure are memorable. Unsurprisingly, the slogan “Experience our sense of Yuma” belongs to Yuma. Again ...
New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThough the oldest walls date to 1607, most were built in the agrarian century between the American...
Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.
NPR· 1 day agoWilderness Battlefield Area, Orange County, Va.: "The Battle of the Wilderness marked a pivotal...
