Civil War

Editorial: The Surrender

The Editors · October 27, 2017 5:00 am

Debate over whether Confederate statues should be removed from public places escalated after white nationalist groups clashed with counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va., in August. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman)

Trump rallies support for Republican Ed Gillespie: ‘He might even save our great statues’

Melissa Quinn · October 26, 2017 2:43 pm

"Jefferson Davis, although infamous in his own right, would probably not be too happy about a diverse school promoting the education of the very individuals he fought to keep enslaved being named after him," Janelle Jefferson, the school's PTA president, said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Jefferson Davis school to be renamed after Obama

Caitlin Yilek · October 18, 2017 3:06 pm

The windows of Lee and Jackson were installed in 1953, and the National Cathedral began debating their removal after the 2015 shooting at a black church in Charleston, S.C.

Washington National Cathedral to remove stained glass windows of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson

Melissa Quinn · September 6, 2017 4:50 pm

Supremely Overdone

The Editors · August 31, 2017 10:24 am

The Case for Changing Maryland’s State Song

alexi-sargeant · August 26, 2017 9:15 am

Warlike Thrust

alexi-sargeant · August 25, 2017 8:00 am

Supremely Overdone

The Editors · August 25, 2017 8:00 am

City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Emancipation park in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The move intended to symbolize the city's mourning for Heather Heyer, killed while protesting a white nationalist rally earlier this month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Charlottesville’s decision to shroud Robert E. Lee’s statue was awfully presumptuous

Tom Rogan · August 23, 2017 7:44 pm

Police were called as protesters, angered that city officials in their estimation did little to intervene during the protests, overtook the meeting. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Watch: Protesters disrupt Charlottesville city council meeting with ‘blood on your hands’ banner

Sean Langille · August 22, 2017 2:46 pm

"The more appropriate place for the memorial is in a museum, along with other artifacts and information on the Civil War," Kittleman said. (Image courtesy Howard County Executive Allan H. Kittleman/Facebook screenshot)

Confederate memorial in Maryland city removed overnight

Melissa Quinn · August 22, 2017 2:37 pm

Lee was not being honored for fighting the wrong fight, but for fighting it honorably. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Robert E. Lee fought the wrong fight, but he fought it honorably

James Bowman · August 21, 2017 2:22 pm