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Gathering held on North Side for Cambodian Day of Remembrance

Apr 18, 2025

Haley expands on Civil War comment after omitting slavery as a cause

Dec 28, 2023

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What is Memorial Day & how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?

The first national observance of what was then called Decoration Day occurred on May 30, 1868, after an organization of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom.

May 22, 2025

Civil War-era cannonball found in MA home detonated by bomb squad

Jul 8, 2022

Hidden history: The Underground Railroad in Chicago's west suburbs

Feb 24, 2022

Trump targets 'white privilege' training as 'anti-American'

Sep 5, 2020

Chicago area residents stranded in Yemen during escalating COVID-19 crisis

Jun 18, 2020

Report raises possibility of renaming city of Austin, Texas

Aug 2, 2018

Oregon St. congratulates Mariota

Dec 14, 2014

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Civil War-era cannonball found in MA home detonated by bomb squad

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Trump targets 'white privilege' training as 'anti-American'

Sep 5, 2020

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Meet the youngest marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery

Feb 17, 2020

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Abraham Lincoln museum to display rare Civil War relics in Springfield

Dec 8, 2019

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Military re-enactment buffs remember America's veterans at Rosehill Cemetery on North Side

Nov 11, 2019

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Go Back in Time At This Civil War Reenactment

Nov 8, 2019

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UCF coach: Sport 'in real trouble'

At least one college football coach isn't happy about the SEC threatening to take their ball and leave if the Power Five conferences aren't granted autonomy by the NCAA.

Jun 5, 2014