The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, ...
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Mount Vernon's Civil War symbolism
During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States ... president -- a task that is reinforcing the nation's modern-day divisions. But a fast-paced campaign waged in the ...
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Civil War
It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" Sonja Anderson During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into ...
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Episode 2 | A Very Bloody Affair (1862)
The year 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting ...
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Raised in a Civil War, He Makes Games to Bring People Together
By Harold Goldberg Within a modern but nondescript building a few ... coming-of-age film set during the Lebanese civil war that was Sweden’s entry for best international feature at the Oscars ...