Sweetgrass Basket Heritage Fights For Survival
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Emily Manigault wants to make a good impression. At her roadside stand along Highway 17, she sweeps the sidewalk, a crucial slice of concrete that leads potential customers from the corner of a Home Depot parking lot to her collection of...
America’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ Into Socialism
Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a single Republican. The plan sent direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans, extended a...
News From Around the South 7/26 to 8/2
MISSISSIPPI: Civil War-Era Letters to Governors Provide Broader History Residents around Mississippi are getting a clearer view of the state’s history during the Civil War era thanks to an ongoing project through the Mississippi Department of Archives and...What Happens When Government Breaks Its Own Laws?
In October of 2020, 14 people were arrested in Michigan and accused of being participants in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The governor had imposed draconian restrictions on religious, travel and commercial activities as a means, she claimed, to stem the...
New South Carolina Project First Part of Liberty Trail
MONCKS CORNER — Here, nestled among the trees near the headwaters of the Cooper River, the British army settled in for the long haul. The siege of Charleston was underway, and Loyalist forces during the spring of 1780 wanted a staging ground north of the city where...Obiter Dicta
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — Several years ago the Smithsonian magazine ran an elegant story about the use of postcards in American Read More
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NORTH CAROLINA: Two ‘Human’Caused’ Fires Found at 16th Century Historic Site Two fires were discovered simultaneously at a North Carolina historic site dedicated to England’s first settlements on the continent — and Read More