Confederate statues have come back into view for the public of Charlottesville. The statues were covered for a long time because of all the controversy surrounding them. Many people have fought against the statues, but they are still standing. They were covered because of a violent act that resulted in the death of a girl. Confederate […]
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Tarps have been removed from two very important Confederate Statues. This shows that southern heritage is coming back. Some people claim that this causes them some pain about what happened in the past. This is an example of how constitutional rights cannot appease everyone. SOmeone is always going to be offended by something. Editorial: Another round
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A judge in Charlottesville, Virginia has ordered that the city must take down black coverings currently obscuring the statues of several Confederate leaders located in the city. The statues were covered with tarps after a violent right-wing protest in the city in August of 2017, and the city originally planned to remove the statues. However,
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Stafford county officials dismissed an appeal that would disallow anti-American zealots to fly an oversized confederate flag near I-95. The officials claimed that the giant discriminatory symbol is the flag of a state and therefore exempt from the law which would allow regulation. The lawyer representing the appealing party says that the Confederacy is not
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Candidate for US Senate, Chris McDaniel, vows to defend the current Mississippi flag from a rising campaign to redesign it to not include the Confederate Battle Emblem. In 2001 referendum 64% supported the present flag but the tide changed after the Dylan Roof shooting in Charleston, SC. The confederate emblem is a source of pride
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Some customers have decided to boycott Dick’s Sporting Goods because they have recently made a decision to not sell any assault weapons to people. The sporting goods store decided not to sell any weapons because of a recent attack at a school where the gunman had bought a gun from Dick’s Sporting Goods and used
There were many Confederate officers who went on to serve in the U.S. Army after the Civil War. One such officer was Thomas Rosser, a very successful cavalry commander.Thomas Rosser and George Custer had been roommates at West Point. Custer called Rosser “Tex,” and Custer was “Fanny.” (Custer’s long, blond hair also earned him the
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A judge has ordered the city of Charlottesville to get rid of some tarps that are covering the Confederate statues that reside there. The judge said that the tarps need to be removed within the nest fifteen days. They were covered up in response to some violence that was going on. Judge Orders City of Charlottesville
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A Stafford County zoning board decided to not hold a public hearing about whether or not a controversial confederate flag should be removed. Despite significant public interest and concern the board decided they did not have jurisdiction to overturn a previous decision by the county to let the flag stay. Opponents were angry and vowed
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In school we learned about the Monitor and the Merrimac. But the Merrimac was not its name when it battled the Monitor. It was actually Confederate Ship Virginia, and was never defeated in battle. Its Union nickname was “Rebel Monster.”Virginia did start her life as the wood-hulled Merrimak (yes, with a k, historians misspelled it).
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