american civil war

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of…

Today is Tuesday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a singular message for Americans and the world on the eve…

“We’re not going to make the Confederacy better by adding a contextual plaque or by adding a Black tennis player nearby,” Hunt said. “None of these are good. None of these makes sense.”Last year four statues were removed from Monument…

Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield will mark Juneteenth — the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — by displaying a rare signed copy of the Emancipation…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived that now overlooks Arlington National Cemetery is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that includes an increased…