Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...

“Somebody’s going to get hurt.” Most of the Civil War monuments and memorials, from Texas to Virginia, were erected from ...

The World Monuments Fund has chosen the Zaragoza town among 25 worldwide locations for which it will raise funds. The 1937 ...

establishing a 380-acre site in Kentucky to honor African-Americans’ role as soldiers during the Civil War. Republicans had pushed for more than a year to establish a national monument at Camp ...

The century-old Civil War monument, featuring a Union soldier and engraved names of war veterans, was toppled by a semi-truck ...

fundamentally reshaping local understanding of Civil War history. The 7-foot bronze statue emerged from collaborative efforts between Rocky Mount’s Raising the Shade Monument Committee and the ...

Many in that group argue the monuments represent Southern heritage. Historians emphasize when Civil War monuments were actually built, and what their purpose was. More from Politics Historian ...

In May 1862, during the Civil War, the steel-nerved ship pilot waited for the ship ... but state law requires legislative approval to remove them or even add language to the monuments detailing their ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Stoltz then started applying for grant funding and soliciting input from his friend, Charlie Doutt, an avid Civil War reenactor and historian from Roaring Spring. They estimated the memorial would ...