Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee was the site of a bloody Civil War battle to control the Confederate Railroad ...

Mississippians who are uncomfortable with the state recognizing Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday have options.

Mississippi cities and counties do not have to recognize the state-sanctioned Confederate Memorial Day. Some, like Jackson and Greenville, opt to instead celebrate Juneteenth.

The Mississippi legal code recognizes 10 holidays ranging from the traditional ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Veterans ...

Lexington County is 1 of 8 South Carolina counties to take the day off in observation of Confederate Memorial Day, ... such as Thanksgiving or New Year’s Day, ...

In 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis declared “a day of prayer and thanksgiving” after a Confederate victory in battle. Meanwhile, the Union states celebrated their own “thanksgivings” in ...

When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years.

JD Vance defends Confederate Statues. Posted: September 3, 2024 | Last updated: September 7, 2024. ... What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Day 2024.

At the height of the war, Hale and Lincoln’s Thanksgiving pointed to an origin story for the U.S. rooted in staunchly pro-Union New England, not Confederate Virginia, even though Jamestown had ...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - A group of state representatives in DeKalb County has proposed big changes to Stone Mountain Park. Democratic State Rep. Billy Mitchell, whose district represents the park ...

Next to turkey and stuffing, no food is more linked to Thanksgiving than cranberry sauce; you’d think that buckle-shoed Pilgrims were slipping tubes of jellied Ocean Spray onto the original Plymouth ...