Tag: Civil War

Dollar against dollar

Dion J. Pierre · April 22, 2022 3:00 am

Monumental politics

Geoff Shullenberger · March 18, 2022 3:00 am

Time capsule meant for Confederate temple unearthed in Virginia

Misty Severi · February 19, 2022 11:05 am

Beltway Confidential

Black History’s Heroes: The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

Christopher Tremoglie · February 15, 2022 3:03 pm

Archaeologists find dozen more Revolutionary War-era cannons in Savannah River

Misty Severi · February 9, 2022 11:31 pm

Circa 1880: Robert Smalls (1839-1915). American naval officer and politician. An African American born into enslavement, he was forced to serve in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. He took command of a ship and delivered it to Union forces, became a pilot in the U.S. Navy, and advanced to captain 1863-1866, the highest-ranking African American officer in the Union Army. Member, South Carolina State House of Representatives.

Beltway Confidential

Black history’s heroes: Robert Smalls

Christopher Tremoglie · February 4, 2022 7:38 pm

Magazine - Your Land

Did woke NFL try to cancel Southern charm?

Quin Hillyer · January 28, 2022 4:00 am

Robert E. Lee statue defenders ask Supreme Court to overturn removal

Kaelan Deese · January 20, 2022 4:39 pm

How Christmas unites all Americans

How Christmas unites all Americans

Mary FioRito · December 25, 2021 12:00 am

Conservator for Special Collections from the University of Virginia Sue Donovan, removes paper from a photograph that was removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue.

Historians open time capsule in Robert E. Lee statue pedestal and find unexpected artifacts

Misty Severi · December 23, 2021 12:04 am

Visitors view the statue of former President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial at night in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Today is the real anniversary of slavery’s abolition

Christopher Tremoglie · December 6, 2021 6:47 pm

Still thankful for the best country on Earth

Still thankful for the best country on Earth

Washington Examiner · November 24, 2021 12:00 am