But there has been pushback against further Confederacy removal. While talking about ... as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia in April 1866 to commemorate the ...
the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial and the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust. State Sen. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, chair of the Virginia Legislative ...
On a 53-42 vote on Jan. 24, the House of Delegates passed his bill to eliminate tax privileges for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Memorial ...
"The Heritage Act is widely considered to be a 'grand compromise' " that led to the removal of the Confederate flag that ... be any real dispute that the Lee Memorial was erected on the 'public ...
Confederate Memorial Literary Society, and Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc. In response to the bill's filing, the United Daughters of the Confederacy posted a statement to its website, saying in ...
Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. Virginia in 2020 scrapped a holiday honoring Lee and Confederate Gen. Thomas ...
The Dallas community was left in disbelief on Sunday ... The impromptu gathering resembled a makeshift memorial, with supporters holding up homemade signs, jerseys and even candles in honor ...
Crockett directs $2.5M to South Dallas community center ... of the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only ...
Confederate Memorial Day is still celebrated across the South, though not all places treat it officially and give state workers the day off. In Mississippi, it's an official state holiday on the ...
Moved by the mass casualty and the stories of the victims, Kalin had hoped to find a memorial ... That man was Dallas artist Robert Marquez. “Digging the hole reminds me of, you know ...
The Trump administration is significantly expanding its powers to quickly deport illegal immigrants, one of a number of rapid-fire moves made by the administration to fulfill its promise to launch ...