On Thursday, The State of Texas officially recognized the observance of "Confederate Heroes' Day." Longview hosts probably the most visible observance, and it continues to draw a small but faithful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors ...

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Without much fanfare, a federal panel is removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. military bases and replacing them with names that exemplify modern-day values and patriotism. In stark ...

WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should ...

More than 150 years after the Civil War, there is a new push across the South to take down Confederate monuments. In at least five states, critics say the statues celebrate slavery and secession, but ...

Tensions related to Confederate memorials and other symbols have exploded in the last two years Arizona has largely avoided conflicts over Confederate monuments until now African-American leaders on ...

As statues of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston explored an exhibit by Sonya Clark ...

More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Of those symbols, 685 are ...

Florida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors the Floridians who took up arms in the Confederate battle against the ...