by editor | Apr 15, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Tenessee: Sons of Confederate Veterans Diss Memphis Over Parks Choice MEMPHIS — The Sons of Confederate Veterans International chose Richardson, Texas, over Memphis for its 2016 annual convention in part because of “negative publicity” over Memphis’...
by editor | Mar 25, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Tennessee: Compromise Sought after Memphis Strikes Confederate Names from Parks MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis officials are proposing a compromise after the City Council stripped Confederacy names from three city parks. Mayor A C Wharton and Councilman Jim Strickland...
by editor | Jan 14, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Alabama: New Details Learned of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls HUNTSVILLE — Robert Smalls achieved so many amazing deeds during his life, it’s understandable why much of his heroic history is unknown, even to his descendants, Benjamin and Mary Smalls of...
by editor | Dec 31, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Georgia: Civil War Photographs Depict Reality of War Photographs of the Civil War era from the collection of Judith J. Norrell are on exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art, offering rare views of the impact of war on the land and its people. The exhibit features some 30...
by editor | Nov 24, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In the weeks since the election, the general consensus has been that Republicans got hammered. From Mitt Romney’s Election Day collapse to the party’s failure to take back the Senate and prevent ballot initiatives legalizing same-sex marriage, Republicans...