Install
Civil War & Reconstruction (1861–1877)
Causes, campaigns, emancipation, and remaking the Union after war.
- 5 Tracked terms
- Last 30 days Feed window
What this topic collects on
An article joins this feed when it matches these terms. Each one is also a search of its own.
Related topics
Latest in Civil War & Reconstruction (1861–1877)
Germantown Colony Museum celebrates rich pioneer history in Minden
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (246+ words) KTBS 3 12 p.m. - Caddo Parish Sheriffâs Office hosts Fall break Law Enforcement Camp Germantown Colony Museum celebrates rich pioneer history in Minden MINDEN, La. -- Nestled in the piney woods of Webster Parish, the Germantown Colony Museum stands as a testament to…...
African American Civil War Museum Reopens With Expanded Spaces and New Exhibits
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (645+ words) Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! WASHINGTON — The African American Civil War Museum reopened Wednesday with expanded exhibition spaces and more than 200 new artifacts, bringing descendants and visitors together to explore the stories of Black soldiers. “They’re just names until…...
CT’s veterans cemetery is getting a major boost with nearly $600k in funds
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (211+ words) The Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown is getting a major boost with nearly $600,000 in federal dollars aimed at improvements and expanded burial plots, officials said. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration has awarded a grant of up…...
Kentucky pioneer tombstone returned to cemetery after nearly 60 years
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (813+ words) Surely, H.C. Mills, the fabled 1860s Kentucky pioneer, farmer, and builder of a Seatonville sawmill, grist mill and Greek Revival home, never imagined his tombstone spending almost 60 years in a chicken coop, a backyard shed, three houses and a two-car garage - and…...
Then and Now: World War I cenotaph
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (304+ words) The 13th celebration of Armistice Day in Spokane is remembered for some monumental events. Although it was a Tuesday, almost all businesses in downtown Spokane closed in honor of the day’s schedule. Most notable was the 12:30 p.m. unveiling of the 12-foot…...
Texas History Minute -- Mary L. Good
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (466+ words) Columnists Texas History Minute -- Mary L. Good By Dr. Ken Bridges Oct 4, 2026 The twentieth century in the United States was marked by incredible progress in science, transforming a nation of farmers spending their lives working with their animals and the strength…...
Can teaching schoolchildren about Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade remain optional?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (409+ words) Mounting evidence about how slavery shaped Britain shows that teaching about its history cannot be a matter of choice I often think back to my years as a secondary school history teacher, and to what I was and wasn’t able…...
How One Night Killed America’s Wealthiest Black City: Tulsa, Oklahom
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (197+ words) a Before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre leveled thirty-five blocks in eighteen hours, the Greenwood District was the wealthiest Black community in America. Its main street held hotels, theaters, law firms, newspapers, and a hospital — all Black-owned, all built from scratch…...
How a retired CT professor found the truth about Black abolitionists. Stories that “haven’t really been told’
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (814+ words) The story of New England’s abolitionists is often told in fragments — names, dates, movements — but rarely in full. That is what Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald set out to change with her new book, which focuses on Black abolitionists. “I just think…...
Messages for the future from Washington, Sunderland, to Washington DC
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (476+ words) ID 202638189 © Kerry Taylor | Dreamstime.com Pupils at a North East school have had their words buried in a time capsule in Washington DC, to be opened on America’s 500th anniversary in 2276. The words of one of the pupils of Washington Academy…...