Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed or renamed. More than 2,000 Confederate symbols, including 685 monuments, ...
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WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should ...
As statues of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston explored an exhibit by Sonya Clark ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors ...
U.S. Military Academy at West Point via AP, File Before turning against the U.S. military to command the Confederate army, Robert E. Lee served as the superintendent of West Point, the hallowed ...
My favorite quote regarding meaning making and history comes from historian Jill Lepore. In her book examining historical revisionism during the Obama administration by the Tea Party Movement, she ...
Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors the Floridians who took up arms in the Confederate battle against the ...
Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day soon. Only four states still honor the Civil War dead with a day off for public workers, though others still treat it as a holiday. The Magnolia ...