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Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History

Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all its blemishes”—even if it upsets some people. During the Civil War, North Carolina contributed more soldiers to the Confederate cause than any other state. North Carolina was also the next-to-last state to secede, and it was home to pro-Union movements that persisted...

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Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all its blemishes”—even if it upsets some people. During the Civil War, North Carolina contributed more soldiers to the Confederate cause than...

The Cover-Up Is Always Worse Than The Crime

The White House press secretary accused him of being an "anti-Trump hater," a "propagandist in the mainstream media," and of trying to sell a Signal "hoax." The president called him a "sleazebag." President Donald Trump was reportedly furious, not at his own team but...

News From Around the South, 3/24 to 3/31

SOUTH CAROLINA: SC lawmakers taking steps to further protect Confederate monuments with penalties and context controls COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers want to strengthen the state’s Heritage Act, which establishes protections for Confederate and other monuments by...

A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech

"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists' grievances with the British government. Notably absent were...

Book Review: The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family

Upon first glance, the title, The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family, makes a bold claim that may draw both reflection and an initial skepticism from readers. Surely, across the 250 years of United States history, some political or business family dynasty had...

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