On April 9, 1865, the confederate symbol was taken down after the loss of the war. Further down the road, it was removed from the top of the State House July 1, 2000 and removed from the grounds of the State House July 10, 2015. Many supporters were offended and responded by saying thousands of […]
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The Rebel Yell – What did it sound like? It’s been over 150 years since the Civil War ended, and the Rebel Yell is always a curious topic of conversation. No one really knows what it sounded like, since there are no audio recordings of actual battles. But it’s the stuff legends are made of, living
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Jesse James was one of America’s most notorious outlaws. He hailed from the rough and tumble state of Missouri, the twelfth state to join the Confederacy. The region he came from was known as little Dixie because Southerners had settled there. You could say that Jesse’s role model for some of his behavior may have been
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This blog is about a man who is angry about the removal of Confederate statutes. His family genealogy includes Confederate soldiers and he feels that those family members deserve to be honored. The author talks about his grandfather who was born during the Civil War and the atrocities the grandfather claimed were committed by Union
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Due to an unfortunate accident, a statue in Demopolis, Ala. dedicated to the town’s fallen Confederate soldiers was toppled. The white and black populations of the town are now divided over the fate of the statue, an issue that never existed before. The town plans to replace it with another monument, a controversial decision that
The focus of this article is the Confederate themed statues that are in place in Richmond Va. Apparently, there is some controversy regarding whether or not the status should be removed because some people find them offensive. The city of New Orleans is currently in the process of removing similar works of art from public
A Texas historian named Michael Phillips is calling for the state to “exorcise the ghosts of the confederacy, which still haunt the Dallas landscape” by removing the Confederate War Memorial that stands in downtown Dallas. He is not advocating for the destruction of the statue, which has stood sine 1896, but instead removed from public
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This flag was not allowed in the court room. There are lots of issues surrounding flags. They offend some a great deal, especially any that show any ties to the Confederacy. This angers others because they feel these symbols are important parts of history and should be respected as such. Attorney Orders MS State Flag From
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The 1st Tennessee Regiment was camped near Corinth, Mississippi. The men of Company H were getting tired of being shot at, and losing their buddies. Private Sam Watson explained, “…our men were being picked off by sharpshooters, and a great many were killed. No one could tell where the shots were coming from, but at
A decision has been reached regarding a controversial Confederate monument in downtown Tampa. Hillsborough County commissioners had previously voted 4-3 against moving the statue, which some defend as simply honoring southern heritage. But public pressure for commissioners to reverse their original decision has prompted a second vote of 4-2 in favor of relocating. Second vote for
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