In 1865 the Civil War ended and the first Republican President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Although the Confederate ...

He was a leader. ” For years Randolph spoke out against the Confederate flags inside the State House and on top of the dome of the State House, describing them as relics of, first, a slave ...

The first North Carolina state flag in history was heavily inspired by the first Confederate States of America flag. This flag didn't have the blue X-shape of later Confederate flags.

The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

The diagonal blue stripe is reminiscent of the Confederate battle flag, and you can see there’s 11 stars, which is the same number of states in the Confederacy. Also, experts say the grey on the ...

Neely had offenses and behaviors deemed red flags for the police and mental health support community. His family knew he needed help. Fingers can be pointed all around for years of repeatedly ...

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle from Camp Nelson, near Nicholasville, to Louisville to supply food for those ...

On the third attempt, they broke through and a white flag was sent up by the Confederate forces. Robert E. Lee surrendered ...

When Harris was finished on Tuesday, the crowd left the Ellipse peacefully, returning to their cars, their buses, their homes, and their lives — with hope, John Casey writes.

Guyot named the peak “Clingmans Dome” after his friend Thomas Lanier Clingman, a North Carolina U.S. senator and a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War. Clingman never set foot ...

Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...