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The Union flew the white flag of surrender at Fort Sumter. Now it's up for auction in Greenville.
A Charleston, South Carolina surrender flag, Confederate documents, and Union soldier items among historic Civil War ...
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New SC preserve in Beaufort County protects cotton fields created by slaves
The Coosaw Sea Island Cotton Heritage Preserve is one of the few sites in the region that contains visible markers of sea ...
See how this Kansas City museum is preserving a fragile piece of American history
Textiles conservator Holly Messinger displayed a deteriorated button from a men’s frock coat she was preserving at the Arabia ...
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Is Fashion's Past Fossilized in Velvet? A Case Study on Campbell & Kramer
The Earle Girl-backed brand's latest collection resurrected forgotten fabrics just in time ... Or is the spring capsule a trophy of pre-war terms, no longer replicable in a post-tariff reality? It's a ...
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‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ray Mendoza, left, and Alex Garland, co-writers ...
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George and Susan Elkins, Their House, and the Really Big Meadow
Maguire. The Elkins house was now the only pre-Civil War house in the neighborhood. The early 20th century saw Fanny Elkins teaching at Public School 116 in Bushwick. Ida died in 1904, leaving the ...
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An architectural gem in Smyth County once was used to store farm equipment. Now the famous Octagon House is coming back to life.
After ten years of planning and fundraising efforts, the pre-Civil War octagon-shaped house on Thomas Bridge Road in Marion is undergoing a long-awaited rebirth. Named the Mountain View Plantation, ...
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South Sudan on the brink of civil war: bold action from the international community is needed
As part of my ongoing research, I have gathered data on the content and implementation of 42 comprehensive civil war peace agreements in 33 countries dating back to 1989. In none of these ...
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Libya to offer production sharing contracts under new oil bid round
Libya's current crude production has reached about 1.4 million bpd, 200,000 bpd short of its pre-civil war high, according NOC. It aims to raise output further to 2 million bpd. Foreign investors ...
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The US has revoked visas for South Sudanese while civil war threatens at home
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Sudan soldiers patrol the street in Juba ...
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‘Fear No Pharaoh’ Review: A Question of Faith and Freedom
By the time of the American Civil War, Jews had been immigrating to America for more than 200 years—small in number but growing in influence. Yet how many of these American Jews, descendants of ...
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Rare portrait of 19th-century enslaved man named Frederick sells to unknown buyer at New Orleans auction
The Neal Auction Company showroom on Magazine Street sizzled with anticipation Friday afternoon as bidding began on a circa 1840 painting of an enslaved man named Frederick. The auctioneer ...