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Skulls of 19 Black people returned to New Orleans after 150 years
After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...
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Blakeview: In honor of Memorial Day, here are some memorial sites around New Orleans
As the nation marks Memorial Day on Monday (May 26), we highlight some of the permanent memorials to our fallen servicemen ...
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A cornfield in Kentucky yielded 700 Civil War-era gold coins, one of the largest hoards from the 1860s ever found in America.
A Kentucky farmer stumbled on one of the biggest troves of Civil War gold coins ever found, fuelling the dreams of treasure ...
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The Devil’s Bargain: How the slave trade built New Orleans
Outside of historians, academics and the generational memories of Black New Orleanians, relatively few people understand the ...
New Orleans’ National WWII Museum hosts Memorial Day Commemoration
The National WWII Museum held its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on Monday, May 26. The event featured remarks from Gail ...
Cost of war: U.S. death tolls in major conflicts since the American Revolution
From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.
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What is Memorial Day and how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?
The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War ... of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom. The practice was already widespread. Waterloo, ...