News from Around the South 6/30 to 7/7
MISSISSIPPI: Cannons Draw Visitors to Siege of Vicksburg Commemoration VICKSBURG, Miss. — A program commemorating the 151st anniversary of the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg drew hundreds to the Vicksburg National Military Park over the weekend. Saturday’s event...The Charms of Charleston
As your horse-drawn carriage clip-clops along the sunny streets of Charleston, South Carolina, you can marvel at a perfect historic snapshot of the USA. In the picture are grand antebellum mansions where visitors still leave calling cards on silver salvers;...
The Turning Point
Thomas Donlan strays from his usual economic and political topics to devote a Barron’s editorial commentary to important American historical events from 150 years ago. Even the victors and their heirs should not celebrate the anniversaries of important battles....News from Around the South 6/23 – 6/30
VIRGINIA: Civil War Fallen Remembered LEESBURG, Va. — The sight and sound of The Commandant’s Own United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps was one of a number of memorable moments during Sunday’s dedication ceremony at Oatlands to commemorate those who...
Iraq Debacle Bush's Fault
President Barack Obama, on Dec. 12, 2011, called Iraq “self-reliant and democratic.” He praised that country, calling it a “new Iraq that’s determining its own destiny — a country in which people from different religious sects and...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