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The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...
In this special relic hunt, we visit a Confederate camp and team up with reenactors from the 48th Alabama Infantry to learn how to identify authentic Civil War finds. Their period-accurate gear and ...
In fact, the Confederate battle flag has a complex history that is often underappreciated by both its partisans and detractors, and its meaning has evolved in the years since the Civil War.
It's a complex issue for the military, said Craig Warren, a Pennsylvania college professor who has authored two books on the Civil War. While the Confederate battle flag's origin is a "military ...
It’s a story of rebellion, racism, and disagreement over the true history of the Civil War—and as ... the Bonnie Blue Flag. But as secession got underway, the Confederate States of America ...
The Confederate flag was removed from its place of prominence ... presidential candidates were quick to criticize Haley’s Civil War response. “I am disgusted but I’m not surprised ...
Private Marshall Sherman of Minnesota stands in front of the Confederate flag he seized in the Battle of Gettysburg. It's believed he held onto the flag and eventually gave it to a Civil War ...
What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War? – Ray G., 12, Arlington, Virginia At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money ...
Confederate soldiers never reached the Capitol during the Civil War. But the Confederate battle flag was flown by rioters in the U.S. Capitol building for the first time ever on Jan. 6.
The act brings into focus the legacy and complex history of the flag, which long ago represented Confederate states in the South that went to war with Northern states in the Civil War.
It was “outrageous” to see a man carry the flag inside the Capitol, something not even Confederate soldiers were able to do during the Civil War, historians said. By Maria Cramer Update ...
Historians have noted that not even during the Civil War did this violent symbol of white power and oppression penetrate the halls of our Capitol. As white supremacists stormed our nation’s ...