Revolutionary War spy who was also a slave will get statue in Virginia
NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory ...
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Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
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The No-Frills Restaurant In Virginia Locals Swear Has The State’s Best Country Fried Steak
Photo credit: Jonathan Burishkin A simple wooden bench sits out front, often occupied by patient diners waiting their turn during weekend rushes ... famous for the Civil War battle where Virginia ...
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This Tiny Restaurant In Virginia Has A Country Fried Steak Known Throughout The Country
American and Virginia flags flutter outside, patriotic sentiments matching the all-American fare served within these walls. A wooden bench provides seating for those waiting during busy periods ...
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia.
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From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War and beyond, one SE Minnesota family served America
For the first time in 50 years, three brothers — John J. Casseday, George Casseday and Samuel Casseday — got together. All three, along with a fourth brother (and, by the way, their father) fought in ...
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Review: In ‘Lincoln’s Peace,’ Michael Vorenberg searches for an end date of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second ...
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Paramilitary Fighters Flee Sudan’s Capital, a Major Shift in Civil War
In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military is driving fighters of its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, out of Khartoum. By Declan ...
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Virginia Beach cottages, Norfolk apartments designated as historic landmarks
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Norfolk apartment complexes built during World War II and historic Oceanfront cottages in Virginia Beach have been designated as historic landmarks, according to the ...
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Life Alive Organic Cafe expands to Northern Virginia with two new locations
The expansion comes roughly three months after the chain made its local debut in D.C.'s West end. Life Alive Organic Cafe is expanding to Northern Virginia following its local debut in January ...
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Va. Sen. Warner blasts Trump admin's intelligence officials over leaked war plans scandal
(WSET) — A day after The Atlantic broke a story about U.S. defense leaders accidentally adding a journalist to a group chat where war plans were discussed, Virginia Senator Mark Warner used a ...
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5 lions rescued from the war in Ukraine settle into a new life in England
One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk. They are among five traumatized lions rescued from the war zone in Ukraine ...