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Did Bill Gates Say 'Hung Election and Civil War' Are Coming?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct 3, 2022
According to Forbes, Gates said that "political polarization may bring it all to an end" and ref ...
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'Taps' Did Not Originate the Way Viral Facebook Post Claims
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Apr 12, 2022
A post from 2014 about the supposed origins of the military melody known as "Taps" recently rece ...
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Did Robert Smalls Steal a Confederate Ship to Rescue Himself and Others from Slavery?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Aug 21, 2018
A meme accurately recounts the life of a man born into slavery who stole a Confederate ship to r ...
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Lincoln and Lee's Views on Slavery
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sep 11, 2017
A meme widely circulated in the wake of a controversy over Confederate memorials does not accura ...
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Did Congress Designate Confederate Soldiers as United States Veterans?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug 24, 2017
Debates over monuments led to a rumor that Confederate soldiers are legally considered veterans ...
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The Post-Civil War Lives of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 22, 2017
A Tumblr post mischaracterizes the two Confederate leaders' positions after the Civil War.
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Donald Trump Praises Colonel Sanders for His Service in the Civil War?
Written by:
David Emery
May 22, 2017
A satirical web site reported that Trump called KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders "a tremendou ...
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Did a Trump Golf Course Commemorate a Civil War Battle That Never Happened?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2017
A historically inaccurate plaque on a Trump-owned golf course commemorates a Civil War battle al ...
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President Trump: Andrew Jackson Could Have Prevented the Civil War
Written by:
David Emery
May 1, 2017
Does Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War have any basis in h ...
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The Origins of 'Taps'
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Oct 28, 2008
An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a compositio ...
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