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More than 160 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, echoes of the Civil ...
Brian Giallella kiddingly refers to pitcher Mason Grant as Ulysses S., in honor of the late president and Civil War hero. If that’s the case, then Rich Giallella Field was Appomattox on Thursday as ...
April marked 160 years since the major combat operations of the Civil War ended. The major Confederate armies surrendered — ...
Unpacking the logic of from's National Garden of American Heroes honoring figures from Christopher Columbus to Whitney ...
That all changed when Charlotte was seven. Her father returned home from an exploratory trip to the frontier of Florida and ...
On Saturday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors the Floridians who took up arms in the Confederate battle against the United States of America in the Civil War. It's not a paid holiday, ...
In recent years, these stone and bronze figures have become battlegrounds of public memory. Pulled down, spray-painted, ...
Several southern states are observing a holiday commemorating the Confederacy a day after President Donald Trump announced ...
Along with Georgia, Mississippi recognizes Confederate Memorial Day, which Sen. Derrick Simmons calls "racist" and ...
For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended ...
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often divided between Patriots — pushing for American independence from Great ...