by RIS Secure | Jun 24, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Virginia: VMI Scene for new Civil War Movie about Battle of New Market The statue has mourned for more than a century. “Virginia Mourning Her Dead” symbolizes the losses the Virginia Military Institute suffered in the Battle of New Market. Soon, it won’t be the only...
by RIS Secure | Jun 19, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Life was rough for Civil War soldiers. It was even rougher on their horses. “They broke ’em younger, they rode ’em harder and they died younger,” re-enactor Mike Edwards said at Bennett Place State Historic Site on Saturday. The state historic site held “Join the...
by RIS Secure | Jun 18, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 haunts the United States to this day. Canadians also have an enduring fascination with the conflict that set state against state, community against community, family against family and killed around 750,000 Americans in the North...
by RIS Secure | Jun 17, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: Poll: State Should Keep Jefferson Davis Holiday MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama should keep its state holiday in recognition of the birthday of Jefferson Davis, said a majority of respondents to an AL.com poll. AL.com posed the question yesterday, when state...
by RIS Secure | Jun 14, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
With Father’s Day on Sunday, there is good news and bad news. First the negative: Single mothers head up almost 9 percent of American households. The good news? Fathers who care are making a huge difference in this country. How do I know? It is estimated that...