In the south, there is one city in the southern united states that is listening to the protests of their people who do not enjoy having confederate monuments in their city or town. One option the town is thinking about is selling the monuments at an auction for the highest price which would also raise […]
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North Fort Myers High School draws attention once more over the presence of confederate flags on their campus. Sky Hunter, a student, maintains that the school would not allow her to keep her confederate flag on her truck. This is the second time this issue has arisen, as the school came under fire last year
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Winslow Homer’s “The Sharpshooter,” really struck a cord with our author, as he equates sharpshooters are vile and cowardly. The author, whose name is either Allen or Allem according to the proofreader, continues by saying Homer was a precursor to photojournalists, as the technology at the time didn’t allow for photographs. Allen concludes the piece
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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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Despite recent tensions throughout the United States, Texas neo-Confederates have nearly finished erecting a monument that includes 26-32 Confederate flags. The monument is ironically placed on Martin Luther King Boulevard. Although the erectors of the monument claim that the display is not racially fueled, the Southern Poverty Law Center calls the says the construction is
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A brief account of the battery flag and what became of it. Mr. Jno. W. Todd recounts his experience and provides details of his time with the confederacy with the flag. There was more use for guns than a flag, but it was worn under his uniform by cutting two holes in the flag to
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In the city of Natchitoches, LA confederate flags were banned during an annual Christmas parade. Due to the recent uprising in racial tension the city wanted to protect themselves from being seen as hateful. The group who was going to march petitioned for it to be overturned due to it’s historical nature and not as
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The presidential library for Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America, resides in Biloxi, Mississippi. He came to Biloxi after his release from federal custody after the Civil War and wrote his memoirs. Today the house serves as a museum to the Confederate soldier. In fact, the Tomb of the Unknown
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Is the Danville Public Library getting rid of their books on the Civil War? A local man in Danville, Virginie believes they are. The library says that books are often weeded out and some are sold. The civil war books are just in another part of the library. Bill Sawyers is having none of it
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The author is covering an update to an event in Natchitoches that took place last December where historical Confederate supporters were told they could not wave a Confederate flag in the town’s Christmas Parade by the mayor. A lawsuit has been filed in the city court and the supporters are fighting for their rights backed
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