News From Around the South 5-28 to 6/4

News From Around the South 5-28 to 6/4

SOUTH CAROLINA: Most Confederate Monuments Remain After Emmanuel Church Shooting About 110 Confederate monuments and designations have been removed from the national landscape in recent years, but a new survey shows many more remain. The Southern Poverty Law...
Who Killed Robert Kennedy?

Who Killed Robert Kennedy?

WASHINGTON — I have never believed in conspiracy theories. Though some critics have lumped me in with conspiracy theorists excogitating on Clinton aide Vince Foster’s death in Fort Marcy Park and other such phantasmagorias, I plead innocence. It is just too...
News From Around the South 5/21 to 5/28

News From Around the South 5/21 to 5/28

GEORGIA: GPS, Tall Trucks Biggest Danger to Civil War Bridge 0:40 | Play story An historic bridge in Cobb County has become somewhat of a headache for truck drivers. Trucks and cars with trailers attached seem to keep running into the warning beam in front of the...
African-American Civil War Archive

African-American Civil War Archive

A new project is working to put records of the United States Colored Troops—regiments of African-American soldiers that included large numbers of men who had been slaves at the start of the Civil War—online. Just a few weeks prior to the Battle of Gettysburg, the...
Civil War Balloonist’s View of Battle

Civil War Balloonist’s View of Battle

Ordinarily you would find Jim Green at NASA headquarters in Washington, where, as the agency’s Chief Scientist, he helps plan the future exploration of the cosmos. But on an unseasonably warm day last February, Green’s mind was on the past. Along with Tom Crouch, a...