Civil Rights
Feb. 5, 2025
Lawsuit sought to restore monuments honoring a Confederate officer
U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land dismissed the National Ranger Memorial Foundation's lawsuit, stating that Congress has the authority to decide whether Colonel John Singleton Mosby should be memorialized and that the Department of Defense properly implemented the decision.
President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month at a celebration of the Bicentennial in 1976. This month's article is written to underscore the continuing and persistent challenges faced by Americans as we deal with the horrible legacy of slavery following the American Civil War.
In 2023, the National Ranger Memorial Foundation sued the federal government, contending it should not have removed the name of Colonel John Singleton Mosby from the Nation...
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