This week's top stories show readers' continued interest in the Mint's 230th Anniversary Flowing Hair silver medal, upcoming ...

Most Confederate monuments were not built until nearly a generation after the war ended in 1865, mostly due to a lack of funds during the Reconstruction era. It was not until the turn of the ...

Statues of Confederate leaders and the explorer Christopher Columbus have been torn down in the US, as pressure grows on authorities to remove monuments connected to slavery and colonialism.