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What is Memorial Day and how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that's supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, ...
5 historic sites to learn more about the Bay Area’s Civil War era
While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...
Rubio warns Syria could be weeks away from 'full-scale civil war'
The US secretary of state calls for Syria's transitional authorities to be supported to prevent their "potential collapse".
Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It's about anger and pain over slavery, too
A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...
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Rubio warns Syria’s government could collapse in weeks, triggering civil war
The top US diplomat made the case for sanctions relief and renewed engagement with the transitional government in Damascus to ...
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Local Civil War veterans honored more than 100 years after their deaths
Two Civil War veterans who lived in northern michigan -- were honored this afternoon -- more than 100 years after t ...
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Children can experience life as a Civil War soldier in Worcester
CHILDREN can experience what life as a Civil War soldier was like in Worcester. The Commandery is hosting a Civil War Soldier School during the May half-term holiday from Tuesday (May 27) to Friday ...