Each April, Alabama observes Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday that honors soldiers who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The day remains a point of reflection and debate as ...

State offices, including state courts, in Alabama are closed today for a holiday, though it’s not one most places celebrate. Monday is Confederate Memorial Day, one of three Confederate-related ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has ordered Confederate flags taken down from the grounds of the state Capitol. It's the latest move to banish the divisive banner from state capitals, ...

April is Confederate Heritage and History Month in Alabama, and one of the South’s enemies in the state has resigned. Great men north and south of the Mason-Dixon line say tragedy strikes when a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (NewsNation Now) — Crews took down a Confederate statue from a northern Alabama courthouse overnight Friday, following renewed calls for its removal after the police killing of George ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s port city removed a statue of a Confederate naval officer early Friday after days of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, with the mayor saying the monument ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Four Confederate flags were taken down from the grounds of the Alabama Capitol on Wednesday as Gov. Robert Bentley became the first southern governor to order the removal of ...

A native of Louisiana, I was not reared in Alabama and had never heard of "Yankee Memorial Day." But for some in the Deep South, it was a very real notion. The Ladies' Memorial Association, one of the ...