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• High school keeps Klan leader's name
Two years later, a congressional investigation concluded his involvement had been limited to his attempt to disband it. After his death in 1877, memorials to him sprung up throughout the South, particularly in Tennessee. A mounted statue of Forrest ...
• Gun ID'd as weapon in Hudson killings
Funerals, memorials planned News linking the gun to the killings comes as the South Side church where Hudson spent her childhood prepares for a weekend memorial service honoring the three slaying victims. Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church is ...
• Confederate's name may come off school
Still, efforts to strip Confederates' names and take down memorials to them have mostly been thwarted throughout the South, often after being denounced as part of an effort to remove all references to the Confederacy. In Hampton, Va., for example ...
• Vandals destroy Emmitt Till sign
This isn't the first time vandals have targeted Till memorials. Last year, a roadside marker on U.S. 49 in Greenwood in Leflore County was stolen. It was replaced with another sign. And, another sign in Tallahatchie County was damaged earlier this ...
• America's most visited memorials - US and Canada- msnbc.com
The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor America’s war dead,” says Joe Davis, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Director of Public Affairs, offering a blunt reminder of the intent ...