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Although Donald Trump won Wyoming by a wider margin than any other state in the 2024 presidential election, Equality State ...
SALEM - In a high school football game that had everything, Robert E. Lee almost won it all. The Leemen fell short in their first state championship game as Appomattox scored in the final two minutes ...
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A bone-stock Chevrolet Corvette C8 leaped over a dirt ramp, clearing the landing by a few inches, despite going slower than ...
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
In a seesaw second half, Lee (13-2) kept bouncing back every time it looked as if Appomattox (14-1) had the advantage. The Leemen grabbed a 34-31 lead with 4:40 left on a 2-yard run by quarterback ...
State College commemorated the sixth year of its Juneteenth celebration with the theme "Juneteenth: Our Freedom, Our Fight, Our Future." ...
It's important for me to see all cultural institutions double down on their values,” said Multicultural BRIDGE founder and ...
Barry McNealy, a historian with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, joined the CBS 42 Morning News to discuss the importance of Juneteenth.
The United States has demanded “unconditional surrender” only a handful of times, and when it has, it meant complete capitulation; no negotiations, no guarantees for the losing side.
Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the country in the wake of the US Civil War and its ...
Chiefly, the celebration of Juneteenth grew from the profound experiences that day when many learned of their freedom. From that freedom, it grew out of the surmounting challenges that lay ahead. And ...