Grave Markers Dedicted for Tuscaloosa Revolutionary War Veterans
Many of Tuscaloosa’s most important and influential early citizens, including five veterans of the American Revolution, are buried in Greenwood Cemetery on Stillman Boulevard. The Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has worked to...
Is Failure Baked In The Cake In Glasgow?
“Colossal Stakes as Leaders Meet to Talk Climate,” ran the headline. “The Last Best Hope,” ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from President Joe Biden’s climate czar John Kerry. But these alarmist headings were not atop an...
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NORTH CAROLINA: New Monument Honors Black Civil War Soldiers In the early 1900s, two Civil War memorials — both honoring the Confederacy — were erected in the busy downtown district of Wilmington, N.C. They were meant largely to send a message of intimidation to...
A Press Afraid To Be Free?
In a week, the Supreme Court will decide if it will consider diminishing long-standing protections for the freedom of the press. Here is the backstory. In 1964, at the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a jury verdict by an...
Stripping Military Bases of Confederate Names Stirs Passions
BLACKSTONE, Va. — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders. In and around Blackstone, about 50 miles (80...Obiter Dicta
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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