Preserving Southern Heritage

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

Intriguing tale about missing treasure. Find out what may have happened to a missing artifact possibly stolen from the Confederate army after a Union general burnt down a supply factory. The search is on, and may lead underground. Has this mystery been hiding underfoot the whole time? You find out. Our View: A tale of Confederate

While some look at symbols like the Confederate Flag as a symbol of hate, many people look at these symbols as a symbol of their heritage. Last year, North Carolina and South Carolina removed the flag from government buildings. Lawmakers in North Carolina have now passed legislation barring the removal of any Confederate monument and

There are many misconceptions when it comes to the history of flags, and Gene Oakley is working to fix these. He went over some of these at a historical presentation recently and brought to light many interesting things. For example, the flag we associate with the Confederacy was actually simply a battle flag, the official