A Nantucket​ driver has been charged with drunk driving after crashing into a 150-year-old Civil War monument.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose sanctions on Russia and its allies if a deal is not made soon to end Moscow's war on Ukraine. "We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The oldest man-made object in Central Park is this Obelisk, located directly behind the Metropolitan ...

If you've been researching some climbing plants to grow on your property but aren't sure how you'll support them, then an obelisk may be an easy and elegant addition to your landscape. So what is an ...

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 ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them. The holidays were adopted by ...

The former site of a Confederate memorial in Georgia now holds a statue of the late American civil rights leader and former congressman John Lewis. Crews lowered the statue of Lewis in downtown ...

Cleopatra’s Needle in London is seen from the Thames. Credit: Ktulucommonswiki. CC BY SA 3.0 “Cleopatra’s Needle” evokes the romanticism of the famous Egyptian queen. However, like some click-bate ...

The marble obelisk is surrounded by over 20 tombstones ... Reynolds was leading his forces toward Gettysburg. Confederate soldiers were almost there, as well. He led his First Corps to the ...

Until it was officially renamed Fort Liberty in a ceremony just off the 172,000-acre Army post’s main parade grounds on June 2, 2023, that base had carried the name of Confederate Gen.

Plywood has surrounded the obelisk for years ... monument in the middle of Santa Fe Plaza because it commemorated Civil War soldiers who fought Native Americans and had a plaque referring to ...

The soldiers’ monument, also known as the obelisk, was built to honor U.S. Civil War soldiers who fought for the Union. However, it contained a quote honoring the “heroes who have fallen in ...