Visiting Charleston, South Carolina is a trip through some of the most important history in America. At the tip of the peninsula, in White Point Garden, stands the monument “To the Confederate Defenders of Charleston.” From the park you can look out across the harbor and see Fort Sumter, where the war began, while the
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In August 2016, Mississippi State University stopped flying the Mississippi state flag on its campuses. At the time, the state flag included the Confederate battle flag in its upper corner. The university said it supported changing the flag, but the Mississippi Legislature had chosen not to act, so MSU took the flag down on its
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A group called the “Virginia Flaggers” has taken to the streets in protest of the removal of the confederate flag from city property. There was a raising of the largest one of these prohibited flags near Danville, on the side of Rt. 29. So many people consider this flag racist, but this group, as well
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Poker in America was first spread far and wide by the Civil War. Young men on both sides of the war played the game; it was one of the most common pastimes of the soldiers in each army. There were some detractors who believed the spread of poker was a symptom of the loss of
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On August 12th, Donald Trump hosted a rally in Kissimmee, Florida. For almost 20 minutes prior to his speech, a Confederate flag saying “Trump 2016” hung from the railing in Silver Spurs Arena (the venue). There is heated debate about the meaning of this conflicting imagery, as well as its association with racist sentiments, and
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Every Confederate unit treasured its flag, and many soldiers went to remarkable lengths to keep their colors out of enemy hands. One of the most memorable stories comes from the 1st Company of the Richmond Howitzers, where a soldier named John W. Todd kept the battery’s flag safe by wearing it under his uniform. The
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On the Gulf Coast in Biloxi, Mississippi, stands Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America. It was here that Davis spent his final years and wrote his account of the war. Today Beauvoir is a museum, a presidential library and the resting place of hundreds of
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A recent posting on the site Conservative Daily Post has claimed that Attorney General Loretta Lynch has ordered all Confederate flag tattoos removed; however, this claim has been shown as patently false. In fact, the Attorney General has no ability to force American citizens to engaged in tattoo removal, regardless of the tattoo subject. Loretta
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When the city of Natchitoches, Louisiana, banned the Confederate battle flag from its famous Christmas Festival parade in 2015, the Sons of Confederate Veterans fought back in court. The SCV’s Louisiana Division filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the ban violated its members’ First Amendment rights. City leaders said they wanted to keep a symbol
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A 70 year old diorama at The Battles for Chattanooga Museum in Tennessee recently found itself with a makeover after local techies with an interest in the subject revamped the display. Their use of new technology via things like 3D projection and panoramic video. This implementation of modernization gives life to the display, while paying
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