A Virginia school district voted on Friday to undo a 2020 decision that removed the names of three Confederate military officers from schools in the district.
The Shenandoah County school board voted to rename Honey Run and Mountain View, two schools under their purview, Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High.
The schools were renamed in 2020 following a national outcry and protests over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The protests called for a re-examination of ingrained racial discrimination in the United States — including the continued veneration...
The Shenandoah County school board voted to rename Honey Run and Mountain View, two schools under their purview, Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High.
The schools were renamed in 2020 following a national outcry and protests over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The protests called for a re-examination of ingrained racial discrimination in the United States — including the continued veneration...
- 5/10/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump has received backlash on social media after a rant about the Battle of Gettysburg in which he got numerous facts wrong.
This battle, which took place from July 1 to July 3, 1863, revolved around Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launching a second invasion of the North, only for him to be defeated by General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac in a conflict which had resulted in over 50,000 casualties.
“Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was,” Trump stated during a Schnecksville, Pennsylvania rally on April 13. “The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable… I mean it was so much, and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country – Gettysburg, wow.”
“I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and watch the statement of Robert E. Lee, who’s no longer in favor,...
This battle, which took place from July 1 to July 3, 1863, revolved around Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launching a second invasion of the North, only for him to be defeated by General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac in a conflict which had resulted in over 50,000 casualties.
“Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was,” Trump stated during a Schnecksville, Pennsylvania rally on April 13. “The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable… I mean it was so much, and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country – Gettysburg, wow.”
“I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and watch the statement of Robert E. Lee, who’s no longer in favor,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
“Sic semper tyrannis!” With these words John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. after shooting Abraham Lincoln in the head with a 44 caliber derringer on April 14, 1865, altering the course of history and prompting a 12-day manhunt that ended when Sgt. Boston Corbett shot Booth in a Virginia farmhouse (he died hours later). The assassination and the pursuit are now the subjects of Manhunt, a brisk new limited series on Apple TV+.
Based on James L. Swanson’s 2007 nonfiction book of the same name, the series, created...
Based on James L. Swanson’s 2007 nonfiction book of the same name, the series, created...
- 3/19/2024
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
It’s possible to divide American history into two eras: before the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and after. Before John Wilkes Booth fatally shot Lincoln at a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater on April 15, 1865, assassination simply wasn’t a part of the national conscience. For all the political disputes of America’s 18th and early 19th centuries, straight up killing the other guy wasn’t seen as a possibility, let alone an option. Lincoln’s murder marked the transition to an America where, mathematically speaking, 9% of all sitting Presidents have been assassinated. And they say logging is a dangerous job.
The TV show “Manhunt” on Apple TV+, premiering March 15, tells the story of how Booth evaded capture for twelve days after killing Lincoln, but it’s also a dramatization of the first few weeks of the post-assassination era of American history — the era in which we live today.
The TV show “Manhunt” on Apple TV+, premiering March 15, tells the story of how Booth evaded capture for twelve days after killing Lincoln, but it’s also a dramatization of the first few weeks of the post-assassination era of American history — the era in which we live today.
- 3/15/2024
- by Alexis Nedd
- Indiewire
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