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West Point restores Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's portrait

A painting of Gen. Robert E

The Independent UK

‘We honor our history,’ say the West Point officials restoring a painting that glorifies an enslaver

Trump wants to honor a leader of the Confederacy.

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Pentagon to restore Confederate general portrait at West Point library

Controversial painting of Robert E Lee and enslaved man taken down after 2020 law to remove Confederate tributes

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Trump’s attacks on the ‘Blacksonian’ have a history in a century-old myth

The United Daughters of the Confederacy set out to make slavery respectable again by promoting ‘the lost cause’

The Guardian - US

Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids

Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism

The Guardian - US

Five years after shedding Confederate moniker, a West Texas high school may be Lee High again

The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy.

The Texas Tribune

Confederate monument being restored on Hegseth’s anti-woke quest will cost $10M, military says

Retired Army Brigadier General Ty Seidule called The Reconciliation Monument ‘problematic from top to bottom’

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A new reading of Sherman’s march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves

A recent book focuses on the experience of those who used the event as an emancipatory movement

The Guardian - US

Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says

A U.S. Army official says restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total

The Independent UK

Hegseth announces return of Confederate statue that whitewashes slavery to Arlington Cemetery: ‘We honor it’

‘It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history,’ Defense Secretary says

The Independent UK

Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy

The Independent UK

JD Vance Ridiculed For Defending Confederate Soldiers: 'Weird Stance For The Vice President'

Vice President JD Vance defended Confederate soldiers in a recent podcast appearance, a move social media users called a "weird hill to die on."

Latin Times

Toxic nostalgia: MAGA's Russia syndrome

Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past

Salon

‘We’ve Never Seen This in American History Before’

Historian Sean Wilentz warns Trump’s second term could mark an unprecedented concentration of power in the hands of a reactionary movement.

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The Conversation

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

There were no antebellum hoop skirts at the site of Brazil’s annual “Festa Confederada,” or Confederate Festival, in 2024. Flag poles that once flew the Brazilian flag alongside the red, white and blue rebel banner of the American Confederacy stood barren.

The Conversation

‘Yellowstone’ highlights Montana’s long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy

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Conscription laws passed during the US civil war offered exemptions – are there lessons for Ukraine today?

Ukraine has been compelled to expand conscription in recent months as it continues to battle against an enemy with greater manpower.

The Guardian - US

Statue of John Lewis unveiled in Georgia to honor late civil rights leader

Statue of congressman, who died in 2020 of cancer, replaces obelisk erected in 1908 celebrating the Confederacy

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Lincoln called for divided Americans to heed their ‘better angels,’ and politicians have invoked him ever since in crises − but for Abe, it was more than words

Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, community leaders, clergy and politicians including President Joe Biden have called on Americans to tone down white-hot political rhetoric. Some have invoked the words of one figure in particular: Abraham Lincoln.

The Independent UK

Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy

President Joe Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines

Reason

"Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"

A reply to Prof. Kurt Lash's response to the brief by Profs. Akhil Amar & Vikram Amar.

Salon

Nikki Haley, MAGA and the Confederacy

As a former MAGA activist, I know how deep the racial panic and trauma go. Nikki Haley knows that too

The Guardian - US

Nikki Haley’s pretend slavery ‘gaffe’ told us what this election is about

Voters will decide the unresolved question of the civil war: do we move backwards, or forwards toward true democracy?

Texas Observer

Ghosts from Texas’ Past

Dispatch from a haunted—and historically fraught—building in Austin, from Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher in the Texas Observer magazine.

Texas Observer

My Great-Grandfather Was a Racist

Once we take down Confederate statues, Texans must still grapple with monsters in the past.

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