News From Around the South 6/19 to 6/26
MARYLAND: Mayor Calls for Removal of Confederate Historical Marker The peaceful lawn of the historic Wicomico County Courthouse with its tall, old shade trees and brick walkways seems an unlikely place for a controversy to be brewing. Most of the drama over the years...
Churches and Civil War Landmarks
The most recent chapter in the story of America’s relationship with its Confederate past began in church. Since Dylann Roof, a rebel flag-waving white supremacist, opened fire at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston two years ago, the debate over...
After ISIS War, a US-Russia Coalition?
Sunday, a Navy F-18 Hornet shot down a Syrian air force jet, an act of war against a nation with which Congress has never declared or authorized a war. Washington says the Syrian plane was bombing U.S.-backed rebels. Damascus says its plane was attacking ISIS....
News From Around the South 6/12 to 6/19
NORTH CAROLINA: Wreckage of Civil War Ship to become North Carolina’s First Heritage Dive Site FORT FISHER — On Oct. 1, 1864, the blockade runner Condor, a falcon class ship built in Glasgow, Scotland, sank 700 yards shy of Fort Fisher in 25 feet of water. It...Obiter Dicta
In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its 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