Maryland Historical Society hosts talk on contentious elections
BALTIMORE, September 7, 2016 – November’s presidential election will be the 58th in American history. While all presidential campaigns and
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Civil War
John McCain ’13 Soldiers’ featured at Baltimore Book Festival
Senator John McCain and journalist Bob Timberg at the 2015 Baltimore Book Festival. (Anthony C. Hayes) Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Read moreSoutherners opposed Lee and the Confederacy
Over a century of whitewashing propaganda has made it easy for Americans to forget just what a monstrous, morally reprehensible
Read moreRobert E. Lee living historian laments: ‘People are trying to erase history’
The Lee / Jackson Monument in Wyman Park, Baltimore, Maryland. (Anthony C. Hayes) In recent weeks, a revisionist movement has
Read moreLetter to the Editor: Showing tolerance and mutual respect for other people’s symbols
(Confederate reunion in Huntsville, Alabama, 1928. Wikipeida) Dear Editor, I am an American whose family has participated in supporting, protecting
Read moreConfederate monuments debate ‘a political football’ says Civil War historian
(Glory Stands Beside Our Grief – erected in 1909 by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy ~ Anthony C. Hayes)
Read moreConfederate flag is a symbol of slavery
I am from the South, and I believe that the Confederate flag must go. Not in private homes — we
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Jesse James: Legend is better than the facts (Part 6)
(This is the final and sixth part of our Special Report on Jesse James. Please read the complete series here.)
Read moreJesse James: His violent education (Part 3)
This is the third part in our seires on Jesse James. Please read the the previous articles here. “The world around
Read moreDuck Dynasty pushes all other controversies aside
There’s been a lot of controversy lately — which has all but pushed the War on Christmas out of the
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