Lawmakers in the House and Senate have filed versions of the same bill to add protections to the Heritage Act, which protects Confederate monuments. The expansion would provide financial penalties and ...

“Good Riddance!” said Sen. Tina Polsky, a Boca Raton Democrat who sits on the committee. “After two years of this hateful ...

The role of Confederate monuments in American society has sparked ongoing debate. Some believe they should be removed, while ...

A history professor has launched a podcast exploring how race, religion and community are symbolized by a Confederate ...

Lawsuits to block removal of Confederate memorials dropped in South Carolina Lawsuits filed to stop the removal of memorials to Confederate leaders and a pro-slavery congressman in a South ...

The city of Richmond, Virginia, removes its last statue honouring the rebels in the American Civil War. A black history museum in Richmond may soon receive the controversial memorials. The 130 ...

Confederate monuments and symbols were torn down around the country following the 2015 Charleston church shooting when photos of attacker, Dylann Roof, surfaced of him posing with the Confederate ...

Pvt. Lucien Weakley’s weathered headstone stands beneath a towering magnolia tree that is surrounded by the graves of thousands of other Confederate soldiers in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery.

Confederate monuments have been at the heart of heated debates in the US about how the war should be remembered. This memorial was erected by Robert's brother. Image caption, The memorial ...