Discover key Civil War history at Stones River National Battlefield Park

Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle ...
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They killed his sons. His revenge was epic: Civil War sniper Jack Hinson

Jack Hinson, known as Old Jack, began the Civil War as a wealthy Tennessee planter with no intentions to enlist in the Civil ...
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America’s youngest Civil War soldier was only 7 years old

Hidden in a small family cemetery in the Georgia woods is the grave of Benjamin Williams, believed to be the youngest soldier of the American Civil War. Born in 1854, he reportedly joined the ...
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A survivor of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war teaches Gen Z to remember

Peace does not fall from the sky,” according to Joseph Ben Kaifala, founder of the Center for Memory and Reparations.
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She won control of infamous Confederate shop in court. Then, she died.

The controversial Confederate store in the heart of downtown Kennesaw could have yet another new owner following the death of ...

From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

Presidents come and go from the White House every four year or eight years. But descendants of John Strother Ficklin, a ...

Et tu, Brute? The real story of Brutus’ betrayal of Caesar

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...
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Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of ...