News from Around the South 10/1 to 10/8
Tennessee: State Library Digitizing Civil War Relics CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — Tennessee residents are invited to bring their Civil War relics to the Chattanooga Convention Center this week for documentation. Continuing its “Looking Back: The Civil War in...Review: The Civil War in 50 Objects
In his new book, The Civil War in 50 Objects, Harold Holzer uses pictures of a fascinating menagerie of Civil War-related items to distill what historian Eric Foner calls in his introduction a conflict that “permanently affected the future course of the development of...
Shut-Down Politics
Here’s a big news alert: House Republicans oppose Obamacare. That’s why they’ve shut the government down. No, doing so won’t actually stop Obamacare. To a great extent, the program is on autopilot. The Republicans shut down the government, but...Rebel Flag Invading North
IT’S BEEN SPOTTED on license plates in Atlantic City and Collingdale, draped across a truck in a Kohl’s parking lot and flying on poles outside homes in Montgomery and Chester counties. You can see it on the side of a building off Aramingo Avenue in Port...News from Around the South 9/21 to 9/30
Virginia: Civil War Battle Flag over I-95 Kindles Debate No matter who you think ought to have won the Civil War, you’ll have someone to root for on Saturday as the Johnny Rebs and Blue Coats unfurl their separate gigantic battle flags over Richmond, Virginia, the...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