News From Around the South 11/5 to 11/12
GEORGIA: Fort Pulaski Honors Civil War Veterans SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Fort Pulaski National Monument honored our nation’s veterans this weekend. Re-enactors and historians recreated what life was like on the post in the Civil War. Visitors watched on as...
The Election’s Over…Now What?
It was almost unsettling to wake up the morning after the election and realize it turned out pretty much as we expected. There were, of course, some individual surprises, but nothing on the seismic shock scale of 2016. For months, it had been expected that Democrats...
Massacre at Fort Pillow
Department of Veterans Affairs staff members demanded last week that a high-ranking official remove from his office a painting titled “No Surrender,” which depicted a Confederate general atop a horse, riding across a snowy battlefield. In a petition, workers explained...
Skin In The Game
In describing the GOP tax cuts, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that they and bonuses American workers were getting were “crumbs.” They were “tax cuts for the rich.” Some argued that the tax cuts would reduce revenues. Pelosi predicted,...
News From Around the South 10/29 to 11/5
FLORIDA: Voters to Decide if Confederate Flag Flies DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. – There is controversy at the pole but, this time, quite literally. On this upcoming ballot, Walton County residents will be asked about flying a certain flag. On Tuesday it will be up to...Obiter Dicta
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that Read More