News From Around the South 7/17 to 7/24

News From Around the South 7/17 to 7/24

SOUTH CAROLINA: Restaurant Owner Unable to Move Confederate Flag Above His Business ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The place of Confederate flags in modern America has always been an issue, but debate intensified following the 2015 massacre of nine black South Carolinian...
Civil War Still Tugs At Our Conscience

Civil War Still Tugs At Our Conscience

During late June 1863, two companies of the First Delaware Cavalry were dispatched from Baltimore to guard the critical rail line and roads that ran through the town of Westminster. The contingent of less than 100 Union soldiers, whose commanding officers included...
The Real Crimes of Russiagate

The Real Crimes of Russiagate

For a year, the big question of Russiagate has boiled down to this: Did Donald Trump’s campaign collude with the Russians in hacking the DNC? And until last week, the answer was “no.” As ex-CIA director Mike Morell said in March, “On the...
News From Around the South 7/10 to 7/17

News From Around the South 7/10 to 7/17

SOUTH CAROLINA: Folly Beach Boat Becomes Confederate Flag Battleground For nearly three decades, civility reigned each time folks took a paint brush to the derelict boat along Folly Road and slathered on marriage proposals, birthday wishes and political statements....
Confederate Prison Site Yields Finds

Confederate Prison Site Yields Finds

SANDUSKY, Ohio — Just beyond the wrought iron gate, a Confederate soldier grasping a rifle holds a hand up to shade his face as he scans the horizon. The Lookout, sculpted by Moses Ezekiel, guards the Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island, the resting...