A new Leger poll revealed that 20 percent of Americans said they wanted their state to join Canada and secede from the union. Tensions between the United States and Canada have continued to climb ...

A report examining the four service academies and other military colleges found that while the Naval Academy in Annapolis had ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

This meant that it was trying to secede from the union and required its own flag ... taking a look into its symbols and their meaning can help us better understand the state.

The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina seceded.