Robert E. Lee

More Quake Damage Found In Another D.C. Landmark

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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ARLINGTON, Va. -- A 200-year-old house in Arlington, Va., that housed Robert E. Lee and his family before the Civil War has suffered minor damage from...

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The Civil War Rages On...In Books, Music and DVD

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.12.2011

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Michael Giltz

THE CIVIL WAR RAGES ON...A RUNDOWN OF NEW BOOKS, MUSIC AND CLASSIC DVDS Today marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle Of Fort Sumt...

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Arlington Cemetery: Once A Thriving Black Town

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hermene Hartman

The only trace of Freedman's Village left on the grounds are the lonely graves in Section 27 near the Iwo Jima Memorial.

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Wal-Mart Collapses on Civil War Battlefield

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Norman

Wal-Mart's surrender ended their 26-month siege of the Wilderness Battlefield, an attack that sparked national attention, activated numerous historic preservation groups, and aimed a barrage of bad press towards Wal-Mart headquarters.

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Hold Fast to King's Dream

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Kaas Boyle

On April 4, 1968, a shot rang out in the Memphis sky and Martin Luther King Jr. fell silent. But King's message of one America, undivided by race, would not die.

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Wal-Mart's Civil War Battle Gets Bloodier

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Norman

This week, the first shot in a long legal battle over a 138,000 square foot Wal-superstore near the Wilderness Civil War battlefield, a site of immense historic significance, has hit Wal-Mart -- but its just a superficial wound.

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The Confederacy: Kill the Myth Once and For All

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Waving the American flag while fiercely defending the effort to tear that flag down is untenable. Make a choice; be a proud American or a proud Confederate. You cannot possibly be both.

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War Communication Before Modern Technology

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

The Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps, convinced Union Major General George B. McClellan to permit him to attempt to relay information via telegraph, but from a balloon.

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On the Occasion of President Obama's Wreath for the Confederate Memorial

Ronald Maxwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ronald Maxwell

Obama, to his everlasting honor, and in keeping with the tradition of his predecessors, on Memorial Day just two weeks ago sent a wreath to Moses Ezekiel's monument to the Confederate dead.

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