News from Around the South 5/19-5/26
KENTUCKY: Honor for Civil War Battlefield We recently moved one step closer toward designating Mill Springs Battlefield a national park, thanks to Congressman Hal Rogers. Before the House passed H.R. 298, a bill to authorize a National Park Service study on including...In VA Scandal, Accountability for All — Including Congress
While Congress eagerly prepares its latest political stunt — a resolution to oust Gen. Eric Shinseki as Veterans Affairs Secretary — individual members might consider their own responsibility for the scandalous inadequacy of veterans’ health care....News from Around the South 5/12 – 5/19
SOUTH CAROLINA: Civil War Ship Stolen by Slaved Found The wreck of a ship once commandeered by slaves and sailed to freedom during the Civil War has very likely been found. The shipwrecked Planter almost certainly rests beneath 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5...Southern Lit: Pickett's Charge
Charles McNair’s first novel, Land O’ Goshen, was published in 1994 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. McNair spent nearly two decades writing and rewriting his next book, Pickett’s Charge. Nominated for a 2014 Townsend Prize for...Obiter Dicta
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is not qualified to be the attorney general of the United States because he has Read More
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