The debate has heated up in recent years, with some calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, while others argue they're an important part of our history.

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, ahead of the funeral on Saturday. A changing ...

Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these are not paid holidays. These holidays are not formally recognized by the ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed ...

Despite efforts to rewrite history, activists are still pushing to remove Confederate symbols, a new Southern Poverty Law ...

More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released ...

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

CNN-USA has extensive live coverage all night of the impact of Howard Dean's withdrawal from the presidential race, John Kerry's win in Wisconsin and John Edwards' surprising second-place showing ...