America is having its second Civil War. People are torn on the matter of Confederate monuments. Robert E. lee was one man that was part of the Confederacy. He fought for the South because his state seceded from the union and he would not turn against his own people. He was considered a great leader. America’s […]
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A Confederate monument in West Palm Beach has been vandalized. The monument is going to be removed. The monument is going to be removed and it will non longer be on display for the public to see. It is being handed over to a group that takes care of this monument. This happened amidst many
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There has been a lot of controversy over Civil War monuments since the riots in Charlottesville. Many other states are in process discussing the legal and social ramifications of removing commemorative statues that were placed to honor vets. In many cases, the statues are seen as a symbol of hatred and prejudice but in many
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The Philippine Sea was the recent location of a lost World War 2 ship. The USS Indianapolis sank 72 years ago and it was recently found. It was torpedoed in the second world war. The Japanese are the ones that sank the ship. It sank on July 30, 1945. It took only twelve minutes to
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The army has stood firm on their decision not to alter the named of Confederate bases. In a statement, one of the men in charge said that they will not let a group change the title of their base. There is a lot of debate across the country about whether or not Confederate statues should
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The Confederacy had many outstanding officers, who are are due all honor and respect. But by far, the makeup of the rank and file of the army was mostly privates. Those men marched and fought. Some lived, some died, and today their descendants wish to gratefully remember them. As Sam Watkins of the 1st Tennessee
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The University of Texas at Austin plans to remove four statues of people connected to the Confederacy. University leaders have determined that the statues are symbolic of white supremacy. At least one statue, of Robert E Lee, will be moved to the school’s Briscoe Center for American History so that it will available for those
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There is a Confederate monument in Howard Co. and the county council has stated that it will come down. On Sunday afternoon, there was a tarp places on a monument and this was done because people requested it be taken down due to recent events in Charlottesville. There are many people saddened by the recent
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The recent news carried an article about how someone was very offended by a flag. To hear the fellow’s words, you would think his life had just about been destroyed because he saw it. The flag in question had been followed by men whose constant companions were hunger and disease, who for years were vastly
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Monuments commemorating the Civil War have begun to get interest the way they haven’t since the war itself. In Pensacola, a Change.org petition began a discussion on the Lee Square Memorial which is dedicated to Confederates. The debate over it is heating up and opposition members have begun their own Change.org petition with 5,000 signatures
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