The controversial 121-year-old Confederate monument at the University of Louisville is moving to Brandenburg, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer announced late Tuesday afternoon. “This new location provides an opportunity to remember and respect our history in a more proper context,” Fischer said. “And it’s close enough that Louisvillians can visit.” The decision comes seven months after […]
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Following Trump’s historical victory last Tuesday night, two small time victories occurred in Virginia. Virginians vetoed two candidates running to take down confederate monuments, in the town. One of these is the Jefferson Davis Monument and the monument still stands, today. Mayor Write was defeated on Tuesday night after diminishing his campaign by announcing his
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Following the recent election results, that named Donald Trump the new president of the United States, triggered protest across the nation. These protest have been anti-Trump themed. As a result many young adults are out protesting, showing their lack of support for the president-elect. During a recent protest in Richmond, Virginia protesters demonstrated their frustration
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Author Earl J. Hess writes a book about Braxton Bragg: one of the most hated confederate Generals. Hess takes an unbiased approach towards understanding Bragg. He states that Bragg had great personal qualities but, many insecurities. Hess wants readers so see Braxton Bragg in a more positive light. He points out, while Brag wasn’t perfect, he
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In response to legislation against the confederate flag, flags in the Capitol House corridor were replaced with Plaques representing each state. Though, the Confederate flag is on Mississippi’s flag, it’s not on the state plaque. Instead, the plaque shows a magnolia, Mississippi’s state flower. Though the Confederate flag isn’t part of the Mississippi plaque, there
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Six months after Robert E. Lee Surrendered at Appomattox, the last Confederate ship surrendered. Due to slow communication James I. Waddell was unaware that the war ended. The CSS Shenandoah was a Confederate ship used to demolish Union merchant ship. This same ship also carried prisoners of war. In an attempt to dodge pirates, Waddell traveled
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Robert E. Lees headquarters at Gettysburg as much as possible to its July 1863 appearance when a maelstrom of war descended on the property. Gary Adelman, director of historian and education for the Trust, told the Gettysburg Daily website that the transformation of the building would give Gettysburg visitors a new appreciation of what occurred
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One of the first flags of the Confederacy has been painstakingly restored and will be on display for a limited to for those wishing to get a glimpse at a national treasure. It will be on display as part of a fundraising opportunity at the Louisiana Area Historical Museum’s annual dinner. It will be on
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Delta State University is the last of Mississippi’s public university’s to stop flying the state flag because of its controversial symbolism displayed in the corner barring the Confederate symbol. Delta State had to make this decision because of the state’s lack of making a decision regarding the flag which is quite controversial. Last Mississippi University to
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A commission in Charlottesville, SC, voted to keep two Confederate monuments, named the Lee and Jackson monuments. One member of the commission, John Edwin Mason, tweeted that the commission agreed to maintain these monuments as long as the meanings behind them are transformed. Some recommendations that the commission put forward in regards to these statues
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