The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases honoring ...

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

Fort Rucker is back. But this time it’s not named for Confederate Colonel Edmund Rucker but for World War I Capt. Edward W. Rucker, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. Rucker doesn’t have ...

The lengthy process to return the name Rucker to the Home of Army Aviation is underway a week after the official announcement ...

Jefferson Davis' birthday is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Alabama, along with Robert E. Lee's birthday in January and Confederate Memorial Day in April. Alabama has also recently ...

Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for ...

The memorial to Robert E. Lee stood in Roanoke’s Lee Plaza from 1960 until this summer, when it was toppled. Now it will be relocated in Evergreen Burial Park in the city.

Prattville has a crowded field for the mayor and six of the seven city council seats. Bill Gillespie Jr. (I) There will be one contested election in Millbrook in the city council races. Mayor Al ...