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Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...
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Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
The event aims to bring these veterans back into public memory and recognize their sacrifices. PROVIDENCE − Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are ... not just as symbols of the past ...
Mises Institute3dOpinion
Total War Against Civilians Is Never Justified
Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...
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Archaeologists in Kentucky discovered the disturbing evidence of a long-forgotten tragedy from the final days of the American Civil War.
In 2025, archaeologists researching the Civil War history of Kentucky found what may be two mass graves near Simpsonville.
Juneteenth History: How the Holiday Started and Evolved Over Time
Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...
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How Russia Learned to Love Stalin Again
Some of the Stalin nostalgia may be attributable to the coincidence (okay, not really a coincidence) that Stalin led the ...
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Of Cults and Causes: The New Ideological Possession in Our Midst
It didn’t begin with violence. It began with slogans—simple, stark, seductive. It began with posters pinned to university ...
10 years after Charleston church massacre, faith leaders lament that the country hasn't changed
Mother Emanuel AME church made an ecumenical gesture for the commemoration of a racist shooting that killed nine of its Black ...
The tragedy and ‘Amazing Grace’ of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel
In the aftermath of the shooting, people gathered across the nation in vigils and sang “We Shall Overcome.” Forgiveness and ...
Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead
Forecasters had expected up to 40 centimeters (16 inches) of rain could fall across Oaxaca and Guerrero, with lesser totals in Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states. The rainfall threatened ...