s, however, if we consider, for example, the theory claiming that Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy backed by the Confederacy. On April 14, 1865, at about the same time that Booth shot Lincoln, one of his associates stabbed Secretary of State William Seward and another stalk

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the group is additionally initiating "a concerted offensive." The Sons of Confederate Veterans "and, in a quieter way, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the group that erected many of the monuments that are now the target of the biggest removal campaign in history, are pushing back by building new s

be better served if President Trump spent more time reading his daily briefing and less time planning military parades and defending relics of the Confederacy." Newly Produced Memo Emphasizes Uncertainties, Gaps In Evidence Surrounding Intelligence On Russian Bounties. The New York Times (7/3, Savage, Sch

"passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday on an 86-14 vote," including an amendment that "calls for 10 military bases honoring the Confederacy to be renamed, which President Trump greatly opposes." The Washington Post (7/23, Demirjian, 14.2M) calls the vote "the latest sign that Congress i

red sympathetic to the flag and symbols of the Confederacy of 1861-65 American Civil War," and "in 2017, he decried the removal of monuments to the Confederacy, laying blame on 'both sides' in Charlottesville, Virginia, after protests against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general."

s. The Washington Post (7/25, Sullivan, 14.2M) reports Virginia communities "are finally grappling with whether to renounce their veneration of the Confederacy, more than 150 years after the Civil War ended." According to the Post, "Many of the statues and monuments that still dot courthouse lawns and traf

on Post) EFTA00162698 Mound 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, protesters in Richmond toppled an iconic statue of Jefferson Davis, who was president of the Confederacy, about a half-mile down Monument Avenue from a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is fighting in court to remove

, however, if we consider, for example, the theory claiming that Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy backed by the Confederacy. On April 14, 1865, at about the same time that Booth shot Lincoln, one of his associates stabbed Secretary of State William Seward and another sta

w serious of a threat the targeted people pose." The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire. In 1898, during the Spanish-American

s. The Washington Post (7/25, Sullivan, 14.2M) reports Virginia communities "are finally grappling with whether to renounce their veneration of the Confederacy, more than 150 years after the Civil War ended." According to the Post, "Many of the statues and monuments that still dot courthouse lawns and traf

"passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday on an 86-14 vote," including an amendment that "calls for 10 military bases honoring the Confederacy to be renamed, which President Trump greatly opposes." The Washington Post (7/23, Demirjian, 14.2M) calls the vote "the latest sign that Congress i