Students Want Lee’s Name Off School
Robert E. Lee Elementary School opened in Paradise Hills in 1959, nearly a century after the Civil War ended, and amid the national strife of school desegregation efforts. Today, students at Lee want their school to drop its Confederate name to better reflect the...
The Civil War in Five minutes
Watch the U.S. Civil War unfold a day at a time in this animated map. The creator, EmperorTigerstar, attempted to represent every single day’s movements in the front lines, resulting in a fascinating view of the conflict. He’s made many more just like it....
Are Trump and Putin Right?
Monday, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosted a spirited discussion with Donald Trump on whether he was right in asserting that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated as the towers came down on 9/11. About Muslim celebrations in Berlin, however, there appears to be...
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VIRGINIA: Professor Donates Civil War Artifacts to Manassas Museum In 1861, Union Army Capt. Edward Todd of the 2nd Vermont Infantry was wounded at the Battle of First Manassas. He went home to Vermont for two years to recover before returning to fight in several more...
11 Weird Southern Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving is a day filled with traditions. Although they might differ slightly from family to family, the main pastimes stay the same: cooking turkey and dressing, overeating and watching football. Sometimes in the South, we put a different spin on those traditions...Obiter Dicta
We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More