NPR continues a series of conversations from The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Jesse Dukes does not have ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The sun rose on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, 2018, to reveal a line of cars parked behind the Union Army’s tents. It was an annoying historical anachronism for the ...
Pointing to the Confederate camp, he said: “And give them the benefit of the doubt that they weren’t at Charlottesville.” There are many ways to be a Civil War re-enactor. It’s not just the ...
Feb. 15—AIKEN — Military talent, tactics and tools from the days of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass and Wade Hampton III were in the spotlight Feb. 14 at Aiken County Historical Museum, with ...
The first volume of what’s planned to be a 13-part comic book series called Papa Cherry is set in Richmond with a supernatural take on the city’s Civil War history and music scene. The series creator, ...
The sound of musket fire filled the air and echoed through the woods as a Civil War battle re-enactment began at the Historic Latta Plantation on June 6. Set in June of 1865, the battle pitted Union ...
I'm off to Floydfest but of course our photo fun goes on. The Civil War has been over only for 145 years, but it's still being fought in the hearts and minds of many Virginians, some of whom spend ...
Cloudy skies and light rain gave way to plenty of sunshine Feb. 23 on Powell Pond Road, helping clear the way for hundreds of visitors for the Battle of Aiken's annual educational day. Pete Peters, ...
Like a triumphant army of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, dozens of shorts-clad police officers raced down Madison Street and overwhelmed the Hillsborough Courthouse plaza Monday at the end of a 2.8-mile run ...
Many of today’s re-enactors were born as the last Civil War veterans were dying, and grew up amid the celebrations and re-enactments of the centennial that lasted from 1961 to 1965. But the heyday of ...