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Richmond to build life-size replica of slave ship as part of historical memorial project
A new project aimed at honoring the history of enslaved Africans in America is set to take shape in Richmond. City leaders, ...
Scholar of white supremacy visits all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed, says Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South's racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four ...
Richmond Register11d
Josie Underwood left a record of gender relations and dissension from war
One lesser-known lady who struggled for freedom of speech and literary expression resided in Bowling Green and composed Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary in 1861-62. Josie Underwood (1840-19230 ...
Richmond8d
War Memorial ceremony honors Virginians killed at Pearl Harbor
Forty Virginians lost their lives 83 years ago in the surprise military strike on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, a moment that plunged the U.S. into World War II. On Friday, their names were read aloud ...
I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four ...
Richmond and Twickenham Times6d
Ex-human rights lawyer to be sentenced on Iraq War fraud charges branded a liar
A former human rights lawyer due to be sentenced for fraud charges linked to claims made against Iraq War veterans has been branded a liar who “duped the legal establishment glitterati into thinking ...
Richmond and Twickenham Times7d
Zelensky open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he is open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost ...
Richmond11d
After Trump's win, Russian disinformation aims to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden uses his final days in office to boost Ukraine's defenses, Russia is playing a different game: spreading disinformation aimed at eroding U.S. support for ...
The Roanoke Times5d
Virginia Tech students uncover lost history of Black Civil War soldiers
Research has found that each of the men lived varied lives before enlisting to fight in the Civil War. Some were free men. Some were enslaved men who escaped north. All of them have one key ...
The Hill10d
Where does the Syrian Civil War go from here?
For years, experts argued that President Bashar al-Assad had “won” the Syrian Civil War. Yet that couldn’t be further from the truth. Assad only survived the war, thanks to Russian airpower ...
The New York Times27d
Civil War Toll Much Worse in Confederate States, New Estimates Show
By Emily Baumgaertner Faded ink. Inconsistencies. Fires. The deadliest conflict in American history, the Civil War, also had some of its worst-kept records, making the true number of casualties ...
New York Post7d
Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled his country as rebels marched into the capital city Damascus late Saturday. The brutal leader’s nearly quarter century rule came to a stunning end as ...