by editor | May 19, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
WEST VIRGINIA: On This Day, The American Middle Class Was Born In A Gunfight A dozen armed men wearing dark suits stepped off the noon train in Matewan, West Virginia, on Wednesday, May 19, 1920. Residents knew this was trouble. Out-of-work coal miners, in town to...
by editor | May 16, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Mississippi leads the nation. That’s not a typographical error. And it’s not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it...
by editor | May 14, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
For the inaugural event, historians recalled the siege of Fort Motte, assisted by Rebecca Brewton Motte FORT MOTTE — When Patriot officers told Rebecca Brewton Motte on May 12, 1781, they needed to set fire to her house — which British soldiers had turned into a...
by editor | May 13, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia — Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel and first responders through the ancient art of blacksmithing. The retired sergeant, who served 17 years in the...
by editor | May 13, 2025 | Archive, Southern Partisan
TEXAS: ‘Come and take it’ | Texas lawmaker wants to enshrine the cannon as a Texas state symbol The resolution argues that cannons have been instrumental in Texas history. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has a plethora of state symbols, from the blue bonnet to the...