More Americans died in The Civil War than any other conflict. In fact, it took half of all Americans lost in all our wars. Most of it was fought on Confederate territory. It was a brutal conflict, yet many a man fought from beginning to end. Soldiers had little tolerance for the opinions of […]
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While a football game at Waterville Highschool in Maine was starting, three roofers heard the national anthem and decided to st and. They stopped working to respect the song. A picture was taken without their knowledge. It shows another side amidst the controversy of others kneeling during the anthem. One roofer stated he stood because
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Our Navy is the most powerful in the world today. The Navy came around in 1775. The deceleration of Independent actually came after the Navy and that was nine months after the Navy was started. For people that want to know exactly how long the Navy has been around, it recently turned 242 years old. U.S.
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Private Sam Watkins of Company H, 1st Tennessee Regiment chronicled his experiences in his writings “Co. Aytch.” It is considered to be one of the greatest memoirs ever written by a soldier of the field. He captures the experience of the common private soldier, from the hardships of camp life and battlefields, the camaraderie of
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The USS Constitution is going to set sail to commemorate anniversaries. This is the first time it will sail in the last three years. The wooden ship is going to travel to Fort Independence on Castle Island. It is going to fire a 21 gun salute. October 2014 is the last time that it set
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In response to the recent demonstrations of White Supremacy in Charlottesville, there has been a growing debate over the use of the Confederate or “Rebel” flag. With the creation of the Abolition of Confederate Symbols Act legislators seek to ban the symbols from public property. This act will not affect the rights of individuals or
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President Trump has played a game of dare with the NFL and wins. Despite the NFL attempting to make a powerful statement about law enforcements abuse of minorities in America, the NFL plays into the hands of the president in a game of who is more patriotic. In the end, the NFL had little choice
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Talladega lawn men prepared for a Nazi Confederate flag burner at a weekend race. There is a national activist coming to Alabama for a flag burning near the Talladega Super Speedway. The demonstration is going to happen around ten in the morning. Gene Stilp is the name of the person doing the demonstration. Talladega lawmen prepared
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There has been much debate over the past months about Confederate monuments and if they should be removed from their present locations. A lot of places have been getting rid of Confederate monuments in wake of the terrible events that took place in the city of Charlottesville. There are many different monuments still out there
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There were dozens of American flags at Los Angeles veterans park that were torched by an arsonist. The container had a purpose which wad to collect American flags that are worn and torn and they were supposed to be properly retired by the boy scouts. There was supposed to be a ceremony to retire them. Dozens
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