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Re-enactment of the Battle of Fort Blakeley scheduled for April 5
The reenactment of the Battle of Fort Blakeley is scheduled for Saturday, April 5. The largest event of its type in our area, ...
The Forward on MSN21h
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 ...
Bikini-clad spring breakers bomb US citizenship questions — and critics are blasting the American education system as a failure
One young woman, who confessed she is majoring in elementary education, suggested the US won independence from Spain during ...
The Associated Press on MSN22d
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, chose it ...
Resurrecting the forgotten history of the first enslaved Africans in America
Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...
The New York Times25d
Hegseth Revives the Old Name of Another Military Base
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan ... officers who rebelled against the Union during the Civil War. Mr. Hegseth views those changes as part of a ...
The Most Historic Landmark in Every State
Now one of “The World’s 100 Most Important Places,” according to Time Magazine, it’s open for tours and nightly stargazing. When it’s your turn at the telescope, here are iconic constellations to look ...
Fox News24d
Hegseth orders iconic Georgia base to revert to Fort Benning, but with a twist
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered the Columbus, Georgia, military post to revert to its old name after it was re-designated as Fort Moore during ... losing key Civil War battles ...
Germany reopens its embassy in Syria, 13 years after it was closed
Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war.
Boston Herald22d
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil ... Spain. Centuries later, in 1996, archaeologists discovered a bullet-ridden body buried in the ...