Union
Civil War term for northern United States
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| August 17 2022 | Plaque dedicated in Prescott, Arizona to honor more than 50 Union Veterans buried in Citizens' Cemetery, commemorating their pioneer spirit that led to Arizona's statehood in 1912. Dedicated by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of the Southwest. |
| 2021 | Army University Press announced they would replace the term 'Union' with 'Federal Government' or 'U.S. Government' in their publications, citing a desire to be more historically accurate. |
| October 20 2020 | The Santa Fe, New Mexico Soldiers' Memorial, dedicated to Federal Troops who fought in the Battle of Val Verde, was destroyed and never restored. |
| May 27 2018 | Wheeling Soldier and Sailors Monument was moved next to West Virginia Independence Hall and rededicated on Memorial Day. |
| 2015 | Historian Michael Landis called for discontinuing the use of the term 'Union', arguing that it inadvertently supports the Confederate narrative of secession and undermines the United States' political legitimacy. |
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