The Lexington City Council voted unanimously Friday morning to rename Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery after hearing from dozens of residents on both sides of the issue. The council’s meeting ...

In Lexington, Va., where Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried, people are reassessing the town’s ties to a legacy that symbolizes slavery and oppression. Last week, the city removed ...

A descendant of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson has rebuked a decision from ... lesson from the Civil War was really simple—slavery was wrong and slavery that was justified by a strong ...

So I was surprised to see a sign right off the interstate on Christmas Eve announcing a new location for Stonewall Jackson Memorial ... and how the legacy of slavery is all around us.

Stonewall Jackson, a country singer and longtime Grand Ole Opry member known for his now-classic hit "Waterloo," died Saturday at age 89. Jackson died early Saturday due to complications from ...

Lee and Stonewall Jackson hung at Washington National Cathedral ... an end and Congress ratified the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in the United States. The protesters—including one ...

Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission, We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living ...

Country singer Stonewall Jackson died due to complications from vascular dementia. The 89-year-old was known for his six decades of performing at the Grand Ole Opry, as well as his 1959 hit album ...

FILE - Grand Ole Opry singer Stonewall Jackson smiles in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 11, 2007. Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with "Waterloo" and ...