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The emergence of the photographs comes at a delicate time for Jefferson Griffin, a Republican appellate judge who is seeking a spot on North Carolina's highest court.
The uniform coat pictured here is part of the Society’s Civil War collection. It is a single-breasted navy blue Union captain’s frock coat, with sky blue piping indicating that the wearer ...
A Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate posed for a photo wearing a confederate military uniform in a 2013-14 faculty photo at the Army War College.
The Pentagon stripped the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. Here's what it's called now. The Navy is changing the name of the USNS Harvey Milk to USNS Oscar V. Peterson. Milk was a ...
As the Army grapples with changing the names of almost a dozen posts named for Confederate generals like Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood, a task force set up to help the Navy improve diversity ...
The United States Navy will be renaming oceanographic survey vessel USNS Maury as part of its bid to cut ties with all Confederate namesakes in the military.
A U.S. Navy dive team works in near-zero visibility and challenging currents to raise a Civil War ironclad vessel in the Savannah River.
The Navy has removed the name of a member of the Confederacy from a building on the U.S. Naval Academy’s campus and renamed the hall after former President and “Ring Knocker” Jimmy Carter.
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A U.S. Navy ship originally named for a Confederate victory will soon be known by the name of a former slave who hijacked a Confederate vessel. The USS ...
The US Navy is renaming two of its vessels as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to cut ties with Confederate history.
The navy is renaming the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory. It will now be the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate ship.
A commission tasked with reviewing military property honoring members of the Confederacy has recommended the U.S. Naval Academy rename two buildings and a road on its Annapolis campus.