News From Around the South 10/5 to 10/12
GEORGIA: ‘Confederate Mount Rushmore’ to Get New Neighbor: MLK ATLANTA — It has been called the “Confederate Mount Rushmore” — a tribute etched into Georgia’s Stone Mountain depicting Confederate war heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and...
Mt. Vernon’s Civil War Symbolism
During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained whole: a symbol of America’s early promise and future hope. Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union...
Yale’s Calhoun College Under Fire
Yale’s Calhoun College, one of 12 residential colleges where undergraduates live, is named for John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and an 1804 graduate. It’s not the only memorial to Calhoun. In Charleston, an 80-foot-tall statue of him overlooks Calhoun...
Hillary’s Ugly Numbers
Political Washington just got a welcome dose of refreshing candor. Democrat Fred Yang, one of the bipartisan team that conducts the respected Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, took a look at the most recent numbers — showing Democratic favorite for 2016, Hillary...
News From Around the South 9/28 to 10/5
FLORIDA: Senate Could Drop Confederate Flag From Seal State senators are scheduled next week to begin considering whether to keep the Confederate flag on the Senate’s official seal, another sign of a growing national tide against icons of the South’s...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More