Sidestep: Adventures Into History on MSN

How was a 7-year-old a Civil War veteran? We found his grave

We returned to a small family cemetery in the Georgia woods to revisit the grave of Benjamin Williams, a Confederate veteran born in 1854. After speaking with a local historian, we learned something ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 4, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. There’s also another major historical anniversary ...
Thirty-seven Confederate memorials have been relocated or removed in 21 North Carolina counties since 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many were removed after nationwide protests ...
Historical artifacts, including land surveys by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln and the Louisiana Purchase treaty will be displayed to mark the 250th ...
Israel has come home to roost in Minnesota. The people of Minneapolis and St. Paul have become the Palestinians of Minnesota. The residents of the Twin Cities are experiencing the loss of sovereignty ...
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon: The app “makes a mockery of the idea that ICE is trying to make our country safer. Rather, agents ...
Andrew Craig was born into slavery to a family that owned a farm modeled on a southern plantation envisioned by George ...
True learning, said William Howard Day, is not the “extent” of memorizing lines from textbooks but the “depth” of knowledge. “And the depth will never be sounded until the mind of the student can by ...
Sidestep: Adventures Into History on MSN

A pre-Civil War general’s grave survived 166 years

Today we visit a historic Georgia city cemetery to find the grave of General Henry H. Lowe, who died in 1854 and played a major role in early Georgia politics, militia leadership, and plantation ...
In downtown Manila, rows upon rows of headstones are laid out on the gentle slopes of a hilltop, the largest single burial ground for US World War II casualties.
While most kids his age would likely spend a Saturday morning sleeping in, teenager Josh Bourbon had a better idea – honoring soldiers from his area’s Civil War past. Bourbon, a life scout with Troop ...
At the cemetery historically known as the Field of Mars, a sea of flags snap and ripple in the wind, and names appear faster than the city can make space for them. Photographer Anastasiia Smolienko, ...