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Saturday is Confederate Memorial Day in Florida. Why does Florida still celebrate it?
What is Confederate Memorial Day? Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia in April 1866 to commemorate the deaths of Confederate soldiers on the first anniversary of the d ...
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Congressman Taylor presents resolution honoring President Grant during U.S. Grant celebration
Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) presented a resolution honoring the life of President Ulysses S. Grant to Land of U.S. Grant Inc. at yesterday’s Brown County Historical Society meeting. This marked ...
New comic book tells tale of Civil War’s first Black Medal of Honor recipient
Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...
Illinois Times3dOpinion
Remember U.S. Grant of Illinois
Years later, in 1869, Grant became a U.S. president like his former Commander-in-Chief Lincoln had done, setting a precedent ...
Monday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does MS still celebrate it and what does it mean?
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
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Almost Yesterday: Ulysses Grant Becomes a Brigadier General
It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...