Confederate Gold in Lake Michigan?

Confederate Gold in Lake Michigan?

FRANKFORT, MI — Sometime in the mid-1890s, a boxcar laden with gold bullion stolen from the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War was allegedly pushed off a ferry into the roiling waters of Lake Michigan during a storm. Today, it awaits discovery on the lake...

News From Around the South 2/16 to 2/23

FLORIDA: Vets Agency Subs Three Confederate Soldiers TAMPA — Three Florida soldiers who rose through the ranks in the heat of combat and who entered public service after their military careers were over are being snubbed by the state veterans organization, which is...
Honoring Our Presidents?

Honoring Our Presidents?

The headline that caught my attention on Presidents Day could not have been starker, colder: “Intense Republican Hate Is Skewing Obama Polls.” It’s ironic because only a few days before, a number of pollsters had shown the president actually doing...

The Changing Face of Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln’s physical appearance changed dramatically during his tenure as President of the United States. The magnitude of his apparent aging is often demonstrated by showing a photograph from the start of his first term compared to one taken a few months before...