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Near the end of the Civil War, the two sides started executing enemy soldiers. That led to an actual death lottery. But instead of it continuing, good men found the humanity to stop it.

This week marks the anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender near the end of the Civil War. Southern California, part of a free state from its beginning, held profound Confederate sentiment in the 1860s and beyond.

This week marks the anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender near the end of the Civil War. Southern California, part of a free state from its beginning, held profound Confederate sentiment in the 1860s and beyond.

How did Southern California wind up so … Southern? Well, the Butterfield stagecoach routes ran from Texas through Arizona and New Mexico into L.A., and people heading west brought enslaved Black men and women with them, to the gold fields and, after the gold played out, throughout the state.

GreenHill Missionary Baptist Church in Toomsuba is celebrating Juneteenth early this year and is inviting the community to a special presentation Sunday to commemorate the history of the federal holiday.

This Tuesday marked the 159th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox — the beginning of the Civil War.

The world was horrified by the recent concert massacre in Moscow. Hundreds of people enjoying an evening out were suddenly gunned down in a crime whose savagery staggers the mind.

There were two things 1930s farm wives could always count on: Their good old reliable pedal-powered Singer sewing machine and a determination to make ends meet with whatever was at

Coming on the real estate market Wednesday is the William E. Beckwith House, the oldest house in historic Clifton, Virginia.

It was a small, wooden building isolated in the woods. All that really distinguished it was the elk horns that adorned the doorway. Sometimes it is these modest buildings that