We need to pay close attention to what happens in the wake of Trump’s proclamation intended to restore “truth and sanity to American history” by removing any “improper, divisive, or anti-American ...
Military installations should not be named after Confederate rebels, and neither should Confederate monuments be allowed on public grounds. Growing up as a kid in Glenville, W.Va., and attending our ...
In 2020, following George Floyd’s murder by a police officer in Minneapolis, almost 100 Confederate monuments were removed from public display. Now, in Monuments, 10 of those decommissioned statues ...
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- At the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles, nearly a dozen decommissioned monuments, many of them confederate, now sit inside gallery walls far from the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the past decade, Confederate memorials have been a flashpoint in America’s ...
Early this morning, with a large number of New Orleans Police Department officers standing watch, city contractors wearing bulletproof vests and masks to hide their identities dismantled the first of ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A legal battle over the public funding of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville could have sweeping national implications. A Florida appeals court is considering whether to allow ...
Statues of Christopher Columbus have also been targeted. After years of civil rights activists calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, they're falling like dominoes amid nationwide protests ...
A Confederate monument of Brigadier General Albert Pike, pulled down by protesters in 2020, will be restored and returned to its original location in Washington D.C. this October. The National Park ...
EDENTON, North Carolina — The status of the relocation of the Confederate monument in downtown Edenton was put on hold Monday after a joint meeting between the Edenton Town Council and Chowan County ...
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A controversial Confederate monument, once removed from its post a mile away from the White House, will make its return this fall. The National Park Service said it restored and will bring back a ...