On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in January ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of ...

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Alabama. But alongside honors for the slain civil rights leader is recognition for ...

Congress ordered all monuments to and base names honoring Confederate leadership, men who rebelled against the Constitutional government of the United States of America and attempted to overthrow it, ...

Monday is the federal holiday honoring Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Two US states celebrate Confederate Gen.

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point’s library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military ...

For Americans, the first half of April should bring to mind a host of events. It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military ...