New Page For South’s Oldest Institution
The two-story tall metal windows inside the Charleston Library Society’s main reading room need to be replaced, and Doerte McManus thought the old ones could be fashioned into coffee tables or other keepsakes to raise money. But as the first window was being removed,...
Rare State Map Goes On Display
The large, colorful map of South Carolina and part of Georgia acquired recently by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation details much more than the geography of those states at the dusk of the colonial era. The very rare 1780 map is valued largely because it updates a...
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ARKANSAS: Lawmaker Who Pushed for Removal of Confederate Flag Resigns From Legislature LITTLE ROCK, Ark — (AP) – The top Democrat in Arkansas’ House and the lawmaker who’s pushed for removing the Confederate designation from the state’s flag is...
White Males and Abortion
Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., tweeted in response to anti-abortion legislation passed by the Alabama legislature: “I refuse to believe that these Republican men represent the views of most Alabamians. Their action is both unconstitutional and shameful. The people of...Obiter Dicta
I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More