Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

Lawsuits to block removal of Confederate memorials dropped in South Carolina Lawsuits filed to stop the removal of memorials to Confederate leaders and a pro-slavery congressman in a South ...

The Trump administration has taken its own stance on the issue, recently restoring the names of two military bases that honored Confederate generals. North Carolina’s Fort Liberty was reverted ...

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In recent years, there has been a push in several states to remove public tributes to Confederate leaders, particularly since a 2015 mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, where white ...

and erecting monuments in public squares to glorify Confederate leaders. Attempts to remove the holidays have faced intense opposition in the Florida Legislature from lawmakers who say that ...