This blog took into consideration all of the civil war monuments that have been taken down, and those that are under discussion. The issue it’s investigating is if the southern states, and the confederate generals, were traitors to the country by choosing to secede. This would justify taking down such statues. The blog ultimately decided, […]

The VA flaggers, a group of individuals who fly the confederate flag throughout Virginia, have retrofitted a used weather station satellite vehicle. This enables them to raise a 10 x 15 confederate flag to the height of 70 feet. The group moves throughout the area raising the flag for people to see. New Weapon Added to

How you view history determines what statues and memorials are falling victim to revisionist history. A 10-volume account of Lincoln’s presidency was written about thirty years after the war. A hit movie that still plays to this day is the still popular “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell. In 1988 students protested the name

Two paintings now on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park offer a vivid depiction of two unique perspectives of the Civil War. “The Armed Slave” depicts a slave reading a book with a cigar in hand and a bayonet-equipped musket close by, ready to spring to action in John Brown’s failed slave uprising of

Stanford’s Battery of Illinois and the town Carpentersville joined forces to present a historical re-enactment of battles between Union and Confederate soldiers in Carpenter Park. In addition, re-enactors also performed living history demonstrations from 10-4 August 5 and 6. Civil War Reenactment brings history, education to Carpentersville Thanks for reading. Please share our posts with your friends

Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans, as well as the United Daughters of the Confederacy gathered to remember their fallen decedents. They engaged in a variety of respectful ceremonies of remembrance, culminating in the ‘last drink’ ritual, in which they poured water on the graves. Fascinatingly many variations of that ritual exist in many different

A real life mystery is taking place in Fayetteville. A well know lawyer believes with all his heart he knows the whereabouts of a missing Civil War cannon. He claims to have talked to a construction worker that says his crew came across the cannon buried deep inside a well. Lawyer John Briggs III is

Vandals have been scratching graffiti into a 155-year-old cannon from the Civil War. Fort Lyon at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park has displayed the cannon on a hillside where it likely would have stood during the Civil War, but due to the vandalism, park officials are moving it near the park headquarters and investing

Young boy finds an interesting relic during a recent hike. What he found happened to be ammunition from the Civil War. The boy gifts the relic to his local ranger station and is given the title of junior park ranger. 5 year old finds Civil War artifact Thanks for reading. Please share our posts with your friends