Tag: Civil War

Student taking exam

To fight civic ignorance, don’t just teach students. Test them

Jeffrey E. Schulman · April 15, 2026 7:00 am

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How we remember Gettysburg

Francis Dearnley · January 16, 2026 4:08 am

Protesters throw flaming debris over a fence.

Washington Secrets

Prepper czar warns Washington has US ‘set up for annihilation’

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2025 12:26 pm

This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

Opinion (Restoring America)

Afghan service of US reaches back to Civil War

Beth Bailey · November 13, 2025 6:00 am

People film the only statue of a Confederate general, Albert Pike, in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington early Saturday, June 20, 2020. It comes on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

DC Confederate statue toppled by BLM activists restored to capital after Trump intervention

Emily Hallas · October 28, 2025 3:19 pm

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks during the Celebration of the Life of Toni Morrison, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in New York. A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," his prize winning book about racism and police violence against Blacks, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program will feature readings from Coates' book and will be directed by Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamila Forbes.

The closing of the Democratic Party mind

Conn Carroll · October 13, 2025 2:00 pm

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question during a news conference

Beltway Confidential

Brandon Johnson’s Civil War rhetoric is deranged

Zachary Faria · October 7, 2025 2:04 pm

American flags wave at the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Be the thermostat, not the thermometer

Ben Carson · October 3, 2025 6:00 am

In this lithograph by J.L. Magee, South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks beats abolitionist Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber, 1856.

Sumner’s time

Michael M. Rosen · September 19, 2025 4:02 am

West Point puts portrait of Robert E. Lee back on display in library

Molly Parks · September 3, 2025 12:30 pm

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), accompanied by other members of Congress, speaks during a rally against Elon Musk outside the Treasury Department in Washington.

Maxine Waters says Trump is leading US to ‘civil war’

Jenny Goldsberry · August 12, 2025 2:54 pm

Georgia Confederate heritage group sues to stop planned Stone Mountain exhibit

Ross O'Keefe · July 3, 2025 1:51 pm