Stripping Military Bases of Confederate Names Stirs Passions
BLACKSTONE, Va. — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders. In and around Blackstone, about 50 miles (80...
Will All Of America Go On Strike?
If you think the supply chain problems, empty shelves in stores and higher inflation are problems now, wait a few weeks; they are likely to get worse. And this isn’t a result of hurricanes, the pandemic or other acts of nature. It’s all due to political...
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TENNESSEE: U.S. Colored Troops Statue Unveiled in Downtown Franklin In November of 1899, a group gathered on Franklin’s town square. Thirty-five years after the end of the Civil War, the United Daughters of the Confederacy had raised the funds to build a Confederate...
Under Fire: A Gunner on USS Congress in the Battle of Hampton Roads
The fearsome Rebel ironclad CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack, aka Merrimac) materialized in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that calm and clear Saturday morning, March 8, 1862. “The ‘Merrimac’ was steaming slowly towards us,” recalled Seaman Frederick H. Curtis of the wooden...
Who Writes The Laws?
It is distressing for those of us who believe that the Constitution means what it says to observe the destruction of liberty caused by vaccine mandates. On one side of this destruction are those whose opposition to vaccines finds comfort in the executive orders of...Obiter Dicta
This week, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to give away tax dollars without congressional or judicial authorization to Read More
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