This video covers the historic last Civil War funeral of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, whose remains were recovered ...

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About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ...

After the Civil War, many Black settlers found their way to southwestern Wisconsin where they successfully integrated and ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

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