School Receives Diary of Imprisoned Civil War Soldier
On a cold, rainy day in May 1862, a young Union soldier, Henry Alexander Scandrett, would experience his first battle. Unfortunately it would be a losing battle. His regiment, the 70th New York, joined the attack on Confederate lines at Fort Magruder, an earthen...
Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson, noted scholar, historian and educator, created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became Black History Month in 1976. Woodson chose February because it coincided with the birthdays of black abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President...
News From Around the South 2/5 to 2/12
NORTH CAROLINA: Confederate Flag Could Fly Over Hillsborough HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A Southern heritage group based in Alamance County is talking with the owners of multiple Orange County sites about erecting a Confederate battle flag on their land. At least one...
Museum Seeks Slave ‘Ellis Island’ Experience
By the time South Carolina celebrates its next Black History Month, construction of the historic International African American Museum should be underway. The long-planned Charleston museum is slated to break ground this summer. Its opening is scheduled for 2020,...
The Southern Spy Network
Reliable Confederate spy records are hard to find. When Union troops were on their way to the South’s capital in Richmond, the Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin, panicked and burned every bit of them that he could find. Diligent historians have,...Obiter Dicta
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced the death of the late President’s 35-year-old granddaughter. Read More
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TEXAS: Restoring fading, damaged Texas historical markers becomes man’s mission What started as childhood resentment for his dad’s mandatory roadside history stops on family vacations has evolved into a full-blown Read More