Gov. Bill Haslam supports discontinuing Tennessee license plates that feature the Confederate battle flag and removing the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee statehouse. "I feel like ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The remains of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife have been removed from Health Sciences Park in Memphis, where they had been interred since the early 20th century. The remains ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After more than two decades, the controversial Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along Interstate 65 has been removed. This comes one year after Bill Dorris — the statue owner and the ...

From 1855 to 1862, about 3,800 slaves were sold in what is now Calvary Episcopal Church’s parking lot. The church is shedding ...

Work began Tuesday in Memphis, Tennessee, to move the remains of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader out of the public park that once bore his name. Construction workers began the ...

If you love history, consider sponsoring an individual theme or story, it’s not much. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol with your ideas. In the evolution of military tactics, Nathan Bedford Forrest was a ...

On Friday, the Tennessee Historical Commission denied Memphis City Council’s application to relocate the statue and remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the slave-trade profiteer and first Grand Wizard ...

People of Tennessee, let's talk frankly about Nathan Bedford Forrest. Here's the thing. At best, he was a man of his times — savvy businessman, genius military leader, social club connoisseur and ...

Two more Confederate statues came down the night of December 20 in Memphis, Tennessee. The city’s mayor and council, which had been trying to get rid of the monuments for years, had to contend with ...