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What to know about SC's controversial state holiday: Confederate Memorial Day is in May:
South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...
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Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Columbus auction
The artifact’s current owner turned to Fleischer’s, which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house ...
The Union flew the white flag of surrender at Fort Sumter. Now it's up for auction in Greenville.
A Charleston, South Carolina surrender flag, Confederate documents, and Union soldier items among historic Civil War ...
Saturday is Confederate Memorial Day in Florida. Why does Florida still celebrate it?
Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...
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New comic book tells tale of Civil War’s first Black Medal of Honor recipient
William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was ... Shot several times, Carney held the flag aloft as the unit dropped back, returning it to Union lines. Years after the war, his actions in the ...
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'Rebel on Main' dissects the legacy of a Kentucky Confederate monument wearing a Union hat
The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...