Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often ...

Around this time of year, certain Southern states observe Confederate Memorial Day. Some states celebrate it and Robert E. Lee Day.

Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...

President Trump issued a rare rebuke to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday, calling on him to stop his bombing ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

The two greatest presidents died in April, 80 years apart, one 80 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, 56, was slain while enjoying a comedy at Ford’s Theatre. After 12 years of a crisis presidency, Franklin ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at ...

Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York ...