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Confederate monuments continue to spark controversy. Over 2,000 Confederate memorials are still in place across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Panelists talked about the historical context in which Civil War monuments were constructed and what they came to symbolize. Report Video Issue Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN ...
Bridges, roads, buildings, railways, distribution systems, canals, dams, even lighthouses. Yes, lighthouses. If you encountered any of these structures today, or stopped to marvel at one on a recent ...
The debate over Civil War memorials honoring Confederate soldiers is resurfacing in Arizona and across the nation. Arizona has half a dozen such memorials, and calls for their removal have ebbed ...
A VA woman appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin has resigned from the Virginia Board of Historical Resources after making remarks about the Civil War and Confederate statues.
News / Life / Clark County Life Monumental questions: Washington historical society assesses monuments, starting with Vancouver’s ‘Firsts’ Subscriber Exclusive ‘Our children are not seeing ...
From Memphis to Boston, uncover important monuments, museums, and historical sites. Parks, monuments, and historic homes throughout the U.S. bear witness to the lasting cultural and historic ...
Florida Monuments Bill Historical Confederate Protection Memorials Statue TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TND) — Protecting the state's history, or those who tried to break up the U.S. and lost the Civil War?
One of the techniques filmmaker Ken Burns harnessed so effectively in The Civil War was using the actual historical record—photographs, diaries, speeches—to "let the war tell its own story." ...
When the Civil War began in 1861, Mouton was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate army. Over the course of the war, he moved up the ranks and was promoted to brigadier general in 1862.