Our era really is like the Civil War in one key way

Reaching for parallels in the Revolution and abolition, Americans are no longer debating conventional public policy. We are ...
The National Interest

Should American Presidents Have Military Uniforms?

Though the president of the United States has never worn a military uniform, Richard Nixon briefly gave the Secret Service elaborate—and widely-derided—dress uniforms. Last week, a screenshot of a ...
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Costume haversack from Glory

Black Haversack from the 1989 film Glory. The film, directed by Edward Zwick, features Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for ...
Military Times

Army uniform honors 250th birthday for this year’s Army-Navy clash

On the eve of America’s semiquincentennial, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is honoring its forefathers as it prepares to face off against the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday. In its 10th ...
New York Post

First look at Team USA’s chicest-ever, all-American Winter Olympic Uniforms — including jacket made right here in NYC

From snow drifts to street style, Team USA is serving full-on alpine chic. Ralph Lauren unveiled the 2026 Milano Cortina Opening and Closing Ceremony looks Thursday at 650 Madison Avenue — a parade of ...
NPR

Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...
KCCI Des Moines

Family treasure: Cousins receive flag from Iowa Civil War veteran's final salute a century after he died

THAT KCCI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING NOW FOR TWO YEARS. I JUST THOUGHT, THERE’S THERE’S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEONE DIED ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, WAS STILL SITTING ON THE SHELF AND FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.
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Skeptic Spends the Night Searching for Civil War Ghosts at Mississippi’s Haunted McRaven House

In Vicksburg, Mississippi — a city steeped in Civil War history — one of its oldest homes is gaining new attention not for its past, but for its paranormal present. McRaven House, built in 1797 and ...
Wired

Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...
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Graves of Black Soldiers Massacred During Civil War Found in Kentucky

With the assistance of advanced remote sensing technology and the help of a determined local historian, archaeologists believe they’ve discovered the location of two mass graves of Black Union ...
GameSpot

Ubisoft Canceled Civil War-Based Assassin's Creed Over Controversy Concerns - Report

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ubisoft reportedly canceled an entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise last year after determining that its proposed setting--the American Civil War ...
PC Gamer

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set around the American Civil War because of Yasuke backlash and political turmoil in the US

The game was meant to take place during the Reconstruction era, and would have featured a Black assassin confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...