News from Around the South, Week of 1/24
Virginia: Marriage to Create New Civil War Museum RICHMOND, Va. — A proposed museum about the Civil War may be in the capital of the Confederacy, but the just-announced name for it indicates that the time has come to unite the Union and the Confederacy,...How Irish was Phil Sheridan?
I have had the good fortune to speak about the Irish in the American Civil War in many different parts of Ireland. When it comes to question-time, there is one topic that is almost always guaranteed to come up- General Phil Sheridan. This is unsurprising given his...
Blank Check for War on Iran?
As we approach the centennial of World War I, we will read much of the blunders that produced that tragedy of Western civilization. Among them will be the “blank check” Kaiser Wilhelm II gave to Vienna after the assassination by a Serb terrorist of the...News from Around the South 1/6 to 1/13
South Carolina: SCV Speaker Celebrates Lee’s Life AIKEN, S.C.– Robert E. Lee was as close to nobility as America could produce, guest speaker Chris Sullivan told a group of about 40 Sons of Confederate Veterans members and family members on Saturday...Irish in the Civil War
As part of the teaching process with Masters students in University College Cork’s Digital Arts and Humanities Programme I have been exploring the world of infographics and their potential to communicate information in an attractive and easy to digest manner. For...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