John Brown wasn’t just an abolitionist—he was a man willing to use violence to end slavery. This video explores the Harper’s Ferry raid, why it happened, and why it terrified the nation. It explains ...

Six months ago, for the first time in 50 years, I sang the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Aloud. In church. Off key. With ...

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K. Denise Rucker Krepp was thrilled when her distant Confederate cousin’s name was removed from Fort Rucker in 2023 and disheartened when the Trump administration returned the Army base in Alabama to ...

Two Confederate groups involved in Cecil County’s Dec. 6 Christmas Parade are pushing back against criticism over their display and distribution of Confederate flags during the event, questioning why ...

A bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, which was toppled by demonstrators in 2020 following George Floyd’s death, was reinstalled this past weekend in Washington, D.C. The statue, which ...

A statue of a Confederate general torn down by protesters during the 2020 nationwide Black Lives Matter unrest is back up in Washington, D.C. The statue of Albert Pike was restored and reinstalled in ...

The National Park Service has reinstalled the statue of Brig. Gen. Albert Pike in Washington, more than five years after it was torn down and set on fire by demonstrators. The bronze statue — the only ...

A statue of a Confederate general that demonstrators toppled and burned in D.C. in 2020 has been reinstalled. Crews placed the bronze statue depicting Gen. Albert Pike in Judiciary Square on Saturday.

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Two Confederate monuments removed from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2020 have been relocated to a private park. The monuments will be displayed at Valor Memorial Park in Davidson County starting in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the past decade, Confederate memorials have been a flashpoint in America’s ...