News From Around the South 6/13 to 6/20
PENNSYLVANIA: Did FBI Lie to Federal Judge About Finding Civil War Gold? The FBI either lied to a federal judge about having video of its secretive 2018 dig for Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania, or illegally destroyed the video to prevent a father-son team of...
Twitter and the Freedom of Speech
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” —First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison authored the language that would become the First Amendment, he and his colleagues feared that the new...
Vestiges of Americana Disappearing Before Our Eyes
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pennsylvania — In truth, the last Howard Johnson’s restaurant closed long before the one in Lake George, New York, did last week. The only thing that particular location had in common with the fried clams and 28 flavors of ice cream the restaurant...
News From Around the South 6/6 to 6/13
TENNESSEE: New Brick Pavers in Downtown Franklin Honore 19 More Black CIvil War Soldiers Veteran’s Park in downtown Franklin has immortalized the sacrifices of 29 veterans, including 19 Black soldiers who fought in the United States Colored Troops and the United...
The Civil War Changed How We Looked At Death
More than one million people living in the United States have died of Covid-19 during the past two years. The numbers paint a clear picture of devastation, though they can’t capture the individual and familial pain of losing loved ones—a loss that will no doubt...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: New Battlefield State Park Coming to Virginia Breaking news this week from the American Battlefield Trust and the Commonwealth of Virginia: Culpeper Battlefields State Park is set to open on Read More