Re-Enacting Pickett's Charge
On July 3, 2013 in the hot sun of the early afternoon, I stood not too far from the Virginia Monument on Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg. I’ve stood there many times before and would meditate on what would motivate men to make that long walk to the stone wall under fire...News from Around the South 7/1 – 7/8
Virginia: Federal Judge Sides with Lexington over Confederate Flag Ban Lexington’s ban on flying the Confederate flag — and other non-governmental colors — from city-owned light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of free speech, a federal appeals court...
Gettysburg and The New South
RALEIGH – Next week Americans will be remembering the 150th anniversary of a defining moment in our country’s history, the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. The horrible losses there made the battlefield like a holy temple, a destination point for pilgrims. Fifty years...News from Around the South 6/17 – 6/24
Virginia: VMI Scene for new Civil War Movie about Battle of New Market The statue has mourned for more than a century. “Virginia Mourning Her Dead” symbolizes the losses the Virginia Military Institute suffered in the Battle of New Market. Soon, it won’t be the only...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More