Why I left the US Deep South to fight in Myanmar’s brutal civil war
Nine months ago, Azad said goodbye to his family and travelled 8,000 miles across the globe, where he swapped America’s rural ...
Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...
South Carroll High School to perform post-apocalyptic rendition of ‘Little Women’
South Carroll High School students will perform the classic play “Little Women,” set in a post-apocalyptic future ...
Panel advises Illinois commemorate its role in helping slaves escape the South
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
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The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest.
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...
Haake: We already fought a civil war over letting states decide
I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...
Presidential election reveals how divided we are as a nation. But ‘Civil War II’? Not exactly
The question led Larson to violate his own vow of never writing about the Civil War. His latest book, “Demon of Unrest,” ...
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Presidents of South Sudan and Kenya push for a resolution in stalled peace talks
South Sudan peace talks, previously held in neighboring Kenya, will resume under a directive from President Salva Kiir and ...