Future Murky for Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Of all the Confederate monuments under fire, few are more figuratively weighted — and literally fixed — than the 1,700-foot high outcropping of granite outside Atlanta with carvings of Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Jefferson...
News From Around the South 11/25 to 10/2
VIRGINIA: Pole Flying Large Confederate Flag on I-95 Vandalized Someone recently vandalized the flagpole that flies the controversial Confederate flag that towers above Interstate 95 on private property in the Falmouth area, authorities said. Stafford County...
Capacity and Confusion
The combination of constant news, social media and a filterless firehose of opinion has created a deluge of political news, comment and updates that can be overwhelming — especially to Americans who are attempting to work, raise children, care for parents and take a...
R-Enactors: Salute History, Not Racism
Brunswick social studies teacher Maurice Burgess remembers feeling a little uneasy the first time he saluted the Confederate battle flag as a Civil War re-enactor with the 15th Alabama Infantry, the only Confederate re-enactment group in Maine. “We all take ahold of...
News From Around the South 9/18 to 9/25
FLORIDA: Civil War Memorials of the First Coast Memorials and monuments commemorating the Civil War on the First Coast go far beyond Jacksonville. St. Augustine, Palatka, Olustee, Fernandina Beach, and other communities all have memorials of their own. These include...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More