Nov 06 A day in the life of a 161-year old John Philip Sousa By Joshua Barajas Sousa’s 100-year-old compositions include patriotic military marches that will also no doubt crop up in the long grind to the 2016 presidential election. And while they aren’t remembered by name, one man seeks to preserve the American composer’s legacy —… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 8:23 Civil War tragedy 'Cold Mountain' inspires opera By PBS News Hour "Cold Mountain," the bestselling Civil War novel by Charles Frazier, tells the story of a Confederate soldier who decides he has had enough and walks away in search of the woman he left behind. Now that epic has been distilled… Continue watching
Jul 09 South Carolina governor to sign bill removing Confederate flag from statehouse By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner. Continue reading
Jul 09 House pulls vote on Confederate flag displays in federal cemeteries By Andrew Taylor, David Espo, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House is about to put its members on record on whether Confederate flags can decorate rebel graves in historic federal cemeteries and if their sale should be banned in national park gift shops. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 10:10 How should the South see its Confederate past? By PBS News Hour As more politicians and governments call for the removal of the Confederate flag from public life, and retailers like Amazon and Walmart bar the sale of flag memorabilia, Judy Woodruff talks to Jack Hunter of Rare.us, author Isabel Wilkerson and… Continue watching
Apr 27 Did Confederate Memorial Day close government offices in your state today? By Laura Santhanam Several states across the Deep South still close government offices in observance of Confederate Memorial Day, which is observed today in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 6:14 The undertold story of D.C.'s dames during the Civil War By PBS News Hour Journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts offers a different take on the Civil War era, focusing on the women who were involved in politics behind the scenes. Gwen Ifill talks to the author about her new book, “Capital Dames: The… Continue watching
Apr 17 Gwen's Take: Dames and leadership By Gwen Ifill Here’s a quiz: when you think of Civil War heroes, can you name a single woman? Unlikely. But in a new book, journalist Coke Roberts proves that women were not invisible during the War Between the States. What these women… Continue reading
Apr 17 Cokie Roberts on how one former slave became a First Family confidante By Anna Sillers Gwen Ifill recently sat down with journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts on the NewsHour to discuss her new book "Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868" about the untold stories of the women involved in… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 10:22 How America moved on in the days after the Civil War By PBS News Hour President Abraham Lincoln died 150 years ago, just days after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, ending the Civil War after four years. To discuss the lasting effects of both events, Jeffrey Brown talks to Martha Hodes, author of… Continue watching