The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
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Temperance's Austin Ingall one of 10 in U.S. named to American Battlefield Trust Youth Team
In August, Austin, the son of David and Elizabeth Ingall of Temperance, learned he was one of just 10 U.S. students selected for the annual Youth Leadership Team by the American Battlefield Trust.
In Depth: Chris Bohjalian reflects on his career in literature
The author from Vermont just celebrated the release of his 25th novel, which was inspired by a real chapter in Civil War history.
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CASEY: Treasure trove of Civil War documents finds a home at Virginia Tech
A Massachusetts woman and Hokie whose ancestors founded Radford has donated more than 1,200 Civil War-era letter and ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...
Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok ...
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Civil War letters topic of Wilkes museum talk
The Wilkes Heritage Museum will host a program featuring Research Specialist Jason Duncan entitled “In Their Own Words: Civil ...
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Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War
Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War ...
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Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
How Confederate symbols still shape history: Join the discussion
The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville wraps up its Speaker Series April 21 with an examination of how Confederate ...
Bruton Parish Church hangs plaque to explain existing Civil War-era tablet
Bruton Parish Church officials recently hung a new plaque explaining an existing Civil War-era tablet that honors dead ...
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Democrats, This Is the Worst Possible Time for a Civil War
For what seemed to be the first time over the weekend, the Trump administration openly defied a judge’s order. The administration loaded 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members onto two airplanes ...