An African-American couple in California is rightfully upset about the middle school their child will attend having a long-standing “Civil War Ball.” Chris Jackson and Vicki Snowden-Jackso
This is the grave of Charles Wilkes. Born in New York City in 1798 and raised by an aunt who would be the first person born in the United States canonized by the Catholic Church, Wilkes attended Colum
This is the grave of Horatio Seymour. This terrible person was born in Pompey Hill, New York in 1810. He became a lawyer in 1832 after attending several colleges. But he never practiced, instead manag
Were you waiting with baited breath for Julian Assange’s thoughts about Abraham Lincoln? I don't get it. If the buck stops with the President Isn't Lincoln the worst? Surely more tools t
This is the grave of John C. Breckinridge The traitor Breckinridge was born in 1821 on his slaveholding family’s plantation. His grandfather was Attorney General under Thomas Jefferson and altho
This is the grave of Clement Vallandigham. One of the most unknown yet important villains in American history, Vallandigham was born in 1820 in New Lisbon, Ohio and became involved in the Democratic P
With Trump trying to erase transgendered people from any public function in the United States, it’s worth remembering that among the many, many, many, many people in American history braver and
This is the grave of Matthew Brady. Probably born in 1822 in New York (there is a bit of conflicting testimony about both facts, with some believing he was born in Ireland), the young Brady studied lo