Sidestep: Adventures Into History on MSN
How was a 7-year-old a Civil War veteran? We found his grave
We returned to a small family cemetery in the Georgia woods to revisit the grave of Benjamin Williams, a Confederate veteran born in 1854. After speaking with a local historian, we learned something ...
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The Jewish women who kept Confederate graves from disappearing
In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...
AIKEN — Around 160 years after a Confederate soldier from Tennessee was killed during the Battle of Aiken, he is no longer unknown thanks to a Veterans Administration historical grave marker. “For ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restoration is underway at the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. Many former slaves are buried there. Preservationists are ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total, a U.S. Army ...
A crane lifts a statue from the top of a century-old Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (Kevin Wolf/AP) An amendment to the House version of the annual ...
Arlington, Va. — Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total, a U.S. Army official ...
BRIDGETON • A group of men from the St. Louis region claiming lineage to soldiers who fought for the South in the Civil War gathered here Sunday for an annual Confederate Memorial Day event, which ...
ALTON — A huge tree that fell from one of the recent storms came just 30 feet from hitting the 57-foot-tall obelisk at the Confederate Cemetery on Rozier Street. The tree broke off at its base falling ...
GRENADA — Around 50 statues have been erected in Mississippi to honor the Confederacy since the South lost the Civil War in 1865. They sit in various public places across the state. The Confederate ...
Thirty-seven Confederate memorials have been relocated or removed in 21 North Carolina counties since 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many were removed after nationwide protests ...
TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — Restoration is underway at the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. Many former slaves are buried there. Preservationists are hoping the public can help them find the names of ...
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