Remembering the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, June 28, 1776
Friday, June 28, 2019Nic Butler, Ph.D. In 2018, the Palmetto Society invited me to deliver a speech at White Point Garden to commemorate the 242nd anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, which took place on the 28th of June, 1776. For this year’s celebration...
Less Freedom
Politicians claim their bills bring us good things. Free health care! Child care! A cellphone for all! But government isn’t Santa Claus. Government is force. Most every law takes away a little of our money or freedom or both. The Heritage Foundation ranks...
News From Around the South 6/19 to 6/26
SOUTH CAROLINA: 247 Years Later, Historians Remember Battle of Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The weekend of June 24-25, the Lowcountry commemorated the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. Known as Carolina Day,...
160 Things You May Not Know About the Gettysburg Campaign
A lot of people know a lot of things about the Battle of Gettysburg, especially in our area, where you can absorb information about the conflict almost by osmosis. The odds are pretty good that many of you already know some of the things on this list. Some of you...
President Biden and My Fingerprints Are All Over Trump Indictment
Did President Joe Biden indeed set things in motion for the indictment of his predecessor? Yes, he did — over four decades ago — and I was an accomplice. Please let me explain. In the late 1970s, then-Senator Biden was chair of the Senate Intelligence...Obiter Dicta
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