News From Around the South, 4/21 to 4/28
SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no one knew existed for over 200 years – will soon return home to...
Revolutionary War Soldiers Honored With Reburial
CAMDEN, S.C. – The crowd hushed, rose from folding lawn chairs amid the longleaf pine trees, and turned toward the roadway at the sound of the drums. A procession, moving to a steady, rat-tat-tatting cadence, made its way through the trees, pine needles a thick,...
News From Around the South 5/2 to 5/9
MISSOURI — Battle of Carthage Re-Enactment Set CARTHAGE, Mo. — On July 5, 1861, the quiet prairie and farmland around the tiny community of Carthage was rocked by the sounds of cannon, muskets, soldiers yelling and horses galloping in what many say was the first...
News From Around the South 5/4 to 5/11
GEORGIA: AG to Probe African-American Jogger’s Murder BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The state attorney general pledged to investigate the handling of a young black man’s killing as a furious public demands action against the local officials who waited more than...
News From Around the South 3/9 to 3/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: Confederate Group Criticizes Marine Plan To Ban Paraphernalia CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Marine Corps’ top officer is hoping to ban all Confederate paraphernalia from its bases worldwide, a decision that has agitated one of South Carolina’s largest...Obiter Dicta
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NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says A long battle over the pro-slavery words on a Tyrrell County statue intensifies as the Trump administration reclaims Confederate Read More