African American Civil War Museum gets new home

07/18/11 WASHINGTON (AFP) - With a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil War moved into its new home in Washington Monday.

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Civil War Days wraps up in Barboursville

07/17/11 BARBOURSVILLE -- Bud Thompson loves going back to the days of the Civil War. The reenactor from Tazewell, Va., plays a blacksmith, and at one time in his life spent every weekend of the summer heading out to Civil War events to wow kids with his demonstrations and educate folks on how important the role of the blacksmith was during the war.

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NBC12 In-depth: Restoring Evergreen Cemetery

07/13/11 For years people have been complaining about the state of an African American cemetery in Richmond's East End.

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