Descendant of Fort Rucker Confederate namesake: ‘We don’t want our name back on an Alabama base’
Military bases should not be named "for traitors to our country but instead honor American heroes like Novosel," she wrote ...
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Alabama governor orders flags to full staff for inauguration day
Flags in Alabama will be lowered to back half-staff ... observe the state holiday honoring the birthday of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general. Most federal, state and local government offices ...
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Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why
Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?
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'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy
On June 19, 1864, the Union sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge laid in wait outside the French port of Cherbourg for the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama. The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc ...
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Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...
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Liverpool, site of last surrender in US Civil War, grapples with its Confederate links
During their visit, the group twice raised a Confederate flag in the city ... The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based non-profit civil rights group that tracks hate crimes ...