South Carolina gala marks 150 years after secession, sparks debate on slavery. Dec. 20, 2010— -- It's been 150 years since South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union ahead of ...

Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the ...

The first assault against national unity came not from South Carolina's declaration of secession in 1861, but many years earlier, when frontier farmers rebelled against a federal tax on whiskey, a ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries. But all this ...

A living historian brings the past to life for contemporary Americans by portraying historical figures at public events such as our long-defunct Heritage Days festival. Such a person visited my ...

Oregon’s conservative eastern counties want to break away from the rest of their deep-blue state and become part of the solidly red state of Idaho. They want President Donald Trump to help make it ...

This week, Republican governors across the country escalated their conflict with the Biden administration over the southern border by invoking the same legal theory that slave states wielded to ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --A24 is giving a glimpse of the new film Civil War. The studio shared a trailer for the movie Wednesday featuring Kirsten Dunst. Civil War is written and directed by Alex Garland, an ...

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state. Florida faced ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a "national divorce." In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries. But all this ...