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
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...
Alone, Perhaps, But is Trump Right?
At the G-20 in Hamburg, it is said, President Trump was isolated, without support from the other G-20 members, especially on climate change and trade. Perhaps so. But the crucial question is not whether Trump is alone, but whether he is right. Has Trump read the...
Heritage or Hate?
More than 150 years since the close of the Civil War, the Confederacy retains its ability to divide Americans. Recent battles over the removal of statues and other icons in the city of New Orleans demonstrate just how contentious those symbols remain. For many...
News From Around the South 7/3 to 7/10
SOUTH CAROLINA: Group to Fly Confederate Flag at State Capitol The Confederate flag will fly again above the State House grounds – but just for one day. Flag supporters will hold a rally at 10 a.m. Monday – the two-year anniversary of the banner’s removal from the...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