News From Around the South 2/16 to 2/23
FLORIDA: Vets Agency Subs Three Confederate Soldiers TAMPA — Three Florida soldiers who rose through the ranks in the heat of combat and who entered public service after their military careers were over are being snubbed by the state veterans organization, which is...
Honoring Our Presidents?
The headline that caught my attention on Presidents Day could not have been starker, colder: “Intense Republican Hate Is Skewing Obama Polls.” It’s ironic because only a few days before, a number of pollsters had shown the president actually doing...The Changing Face of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s physical appearance changed dramatically during his tenure as President of the United States. The magnitude of his apparent aging is often demonstrated by showing a photograph from the start of his first term compared to one taken a few months before...News From Around the South 2/9 to 2/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: Site of Confederate Veteran’s Home to get New Marker COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former graduate student’s thesis paper sparked the process for a marker at the first home for Confederate soldiers. “It’s important to cherish the...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