Losing Your Religion
On Jan. 8, 1962, President John F. Kennedy wrote a letter celebrating the work of James Cardinal Gibbons, who died in 1921. Kennedy, who rarely discussed his Catholicism, did so while describing the Cardinal: “He nobly expresses the essential traditions of my...By any other name…
How Technology Shaped the Civil War
* Secession not only spurred rapid improvements in warships and weapons, but also led to advances in communications and medicine By James Marten, Scientific American Any Civil War buff is familiar with the technological advances of that era: the carnage caused when...
News from Around the South, 9/5-9/12
Tennessee: Civil War cannons return to Memphis’ Confederate Park By Kevin McKenzie, Memphis Commercial Appeal Just in time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, four cannons resembling those used during the War between the States were installed in...Never Forget
Obiter Dicta
The Washington Post put it this way: Platner, before the latest allegation, faced scrutiny for old social media posts dismissive Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: SC militias fought for America’s freedom – who fights for their battlegrounds? As a boy, Rick Wise was hooked on military history from the beginning. But he was Read More