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A Kansas Legislature subcommittee recommends the placement of a mural in the Capitol honoring the first Black combat unit in the Civil War.

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In 1859, lawlessness and injustice led to the first deployment of what would become the Minnesota National Guard.

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After a one-year hiatus, Dakota horse riders returned to Mankato, Minnesota, to honor the memory of the December 26, 1862, mass execution of Native Americans. Ordered by President Abraham Lincoln, ...

The riders, some three dozen of them, circled the blazing fire. The smell of burnt sage hung in the winter air as the sounds of clopping horse hooves matched a ceremonial drumbeat. The riders had ...

From there, participants embarked on an hours-long relay run to what is now Reconciliation Park in Mankato, where, on Dec. 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged in the largest single-day mass ...

This Day in History: Dec. 26, 1862 — Most commonly revered as the United States President who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is known for something different in Indian Country.

Watch Night service in the African American church — also known as “Freedom’s Eve” — dates back to 1862, and that night not only commemorated a new year, but also newfound freedom, according to ...

This Day in History: Dec. 26, 1862 — Most commonly revered as the United States President who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is known for something different in Indian Country. On this day 160 ...