On an early spring day in unincorporated Lombard, Robert Lee Fritz needs an extra pair of hands. WGN's Mike Lowe pays him a ...

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday on the last Monday of April. Only four states, including Mississippi, designate Confederate Memorial Day as a paid holiday for ...

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday, one of only a few states to do so. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of April and commemorates Confederate soldiers who ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

Many in the Confederacy felt that negotiation marked the end of the Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier at ...

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, which forced the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Special anniversary programs and activities are taking place April 7-13, 2025. The weeklong ...

History says some of the Confederacy saw the negotiation as the end of the Civil War since Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to the former president Gen. Ulysses S.

April is often associated with spring and renewal, but it also powerfully reminds us of the struggles and triumphs within ...