Reconstruction was overthrown ... “I wonder if our white fellow-men realize the true sense or meaning of brotherhood?” demanded Susie King Taylor, a slave-born teacher and military nurse.

The poem was a paean to mutual valor and a symbol of the reconciliation of ... caused them by many of our acts during the so-called ‘reconstruction’ period.” Southerners on the committee ...

Although future official Confederate banners did incorporate its symbolism in the left-hand ... white Southerners reclaimed their power after Reconstruction. Then, as Confederate veterans began ...

"The ring is a symbol of Fukushima's reconstruction," said Hidehiro Asada, the 57-year-old director of Woodcore. "I want many people to actually feel the reconstruction. In a time of both ...

Josephine Casserly talks to Thomas Gottschlich who was one of the architects leading the reconstruction. PHOTO: Ruins of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany after the WWII bombing in 1945.

A former village in central Japan that was hit by a powerful earthquake 20 years ago is continuing to stage traditional bullfights as a symbol of the region's reconstruction. "I hope this ...