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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
In the late summer of 1865, a few months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox Court House, Representative Thaddeus Stevens received a surprising but surely ...
Appomattox: Where America's Civil War Neared Its End
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
Did General Beauregard Lee see his shadow? Georgia's groundhog declares long winter
Did you know Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only weather-predicting groundhog? In Georgia, General Beauregard Lee has made his call.
Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...
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For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania (THE CONVERSATION) In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally, the statue of Confederate General Robert E ...
SC attorney general renews argument Charleston violated state law by removing Robert E. Lee marker
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is renewing accusation that Charleston County schools violated state law when it ...