Until now, a Confederate Mississippi flag was on show outside Tupelo’s police building. By an executive order from the mayon, Jason Shelton, the flag will be removed after only a week of its tenure. Interestingly, these flags by the police building are located in a neighborhood known for its sizable black population, and was seen […]
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When a battle raged, Rebels and Yankees fought like the devil. But when things were quiet, they often got along rather well. Private Sam Watkins had recently been in the thick of battle at Chickamauga – only Gettysburg saw more casualties. It was Sunday and Sam and his buddies were relieving a guard detail on
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The Charleston city council is unsure whether to change the John C. Calhoun statue in Marion Park to reflect the honorees views on race based slavery. The issue has proponents and detractors on both sides. This debate is a small part of a larger debate encompassing many public monuments in the south. The removal of
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A bill is being considered in Alabama to prevent the removal of monuments that have been in place for at least 20 years. The bill, SB60, is seen as a reaction to recent removal of confederate monuments. SB60 was introduced by Republican state senator Gerald Allen in March and has already passed several preliminary votes
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Lawmakers in Missouri create extremely different suggestions designed to respond to discussion over Confederate monuments in the state. Senator Nasheed from St. Louis proposes that all Confederate monuments in Missouri are transferred to Higginsville, and that Confederate flags be disallowed from state property. On the other hand, Osceola’s Representative Love proposes that there first be
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No town was more fought over during the Civil War than Winchester, Virginia. It changed hands so many times that we don’t have a decent count. Some say over 100.Winchester was about 70 miles east of Washington, DC, in the Shenandoah Valley. It was surrounded on all sides by hills, so an approaching army was
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Texan John Bell Hood was not one to back down, on or off the battlefield.At the end of the Second Battle of Manassas 1862, Hood’s men captured some Union ambulances, and he allowed the men to keep them for the brigade’s personal use. General N. G. Evans ordered him to turn them over. But Hood
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A flag may not seem like something that would be hidden for hundreds of years but come to find out it likely had a very strong symbolism to those who put them away. Colorful, powerful, and proud these flags may have shown that whoever put them there fought for what they believed in and protected
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Two representatives from South Carolina have proposed a bill that would honor African-American soldiers that fought on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War. They are also striving for teachers to teach more about the African-Americans that fought on the side of the Confederacy during the war instead of just those that fought
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Local government officials, park boards and historical commission members will want to read this and watch the accompanying video. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and City Attorney Bruce McMullen describe how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, dealt with long-standing Confederate statues in its public parks. Strategic planning, moving quickly before state laws were enacted that made
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