This coming Tuesday, when the Sons of Confederate Veterans gather at Globe Cemetery, the historical veterans organization will honor Pvt. Wesley Lancaster, who has been buried in an unmarked grave for nearly a century.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A black state senator is pushing a bill that would require South Carolina cities and counties to give their workers a paid day off for Confederate Memorial Day or lose millions in state funds.

An effort began in the growing United States from 1866 to 1869 to honor and remember the nation's fallen veterans.

With his tall, lanky frame and white beard, Ron Fox looks a lot like the reincarnation of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

In response to Mike Sakal’s piece on the sons of confederate vets: Mike you should have thought a little more than a cup of coffee before you wrote this piece on the confederate vets.

University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale will host a soccer doubleheader July 12 during the first round of the 2009 Gold Cup.

Crack! The sound of a single shot echoes off Picacho Peak, sparking a volley of gunfire. Black powder rises from the battlefield as soldiers, snug and warm in their wool uniforms, fall like dominoes in this bloodless reenactment of the Civil War.

Howard Dean doesn't mind talking trash, but the folks who made him chairman of the Democratic National Committee knew that going in. There was, notably, that famous scream and the promised courtship of "guys with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks."

Like sentinels frozen in time, hulking bombers and sleek fighter jets stand side-by-side in a hangar at Falcon Field, reminders of campaigns fading now even for those who once flew and fought.

U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Deakin, GOP

NEW ORLEANS — "True Blood" fans can soon concoct their own blood-red beet bisque, crimson sweet tea and other Cajun delicacies inspired by the hit HBO vampire drama and compiled in a new cookbook.

MILAN, Ohio -- Lawmakers looking for a famous Ohioan who best represents their state have a diverse group to choose from: a Rat Pack crooner, brothers who were first in flight, or maybe a great inventor.

Holiday traditions are supposed to last more than three measly years, but in the case of Peter Jackson’s phenomenally popular "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, a longer engagement just wasn’t under the tree.

Rudy Ruiz: Veins throbbing, skin flushed red, finger pointed in judgment, Rep. Joe Wilson flashed his true colors. Publicly calling our president a liar, his actions exposed the nexus of opposition to both health care and immigration reform as a force motivated by fear, anger and hatred. 

CHESTER, Va. - Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown.

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