The National Museum of Civil War Medicine has been dropped from a Washington D.C. visitors guide because of its logo that includes the confederate battle flag. The museum stands by the logo, which depicts the union and confederate flags joined together by a caduceus symbol. But in the current racial and political climate where even […]
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer allow the flying of Confederate flags at national cemeteries on Memorial Day or Confederate Memorial Day. The move comes after language in House legislation banning Confederate flags from VA cemeteries was removed from the final bill. Supporters contacted the VA asking them to take action. Private groups,
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It has recently been announced that a doctor will actually be portraying a quite famous surgeon that lived during the Civil War Era. The doctor is also a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans as he has had family that has supported the Confederate. There is no admission charge but a donation is always
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With racial tensions high in the wake of the Charleston shooting some municipalities, including the city of New Orleans, have elected to remove monuments to confederate Civil War figures. But author and preservationist Robert Lee Hodge wonders if that is the best course of action. While recognizing that the monuments may cause offense and outrage
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The daughter of Confederate Civil War veteran, Iva Lee Benson Gainey of Benson, will be honored as a Real Daughter of Confederacy. She is one of a select few that are still surviving. Gainey’s father, Charles H. Benson, enlisted at age 20 and served as a private in the 24th North Carolina Regiment, Company I.
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Great things come in small packages, they say. Â This is certainly true of one hard working young woman named Sally Tompkins. Â She stood only 5 feet tall, but her good work and devotion made her a giant among mankind. Sally came from a proud family with strong military roots. General George Washington had commissioned her
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A Washington Times article on the motion to ban Confederate flags at cemetaries. It gives a brief explanation of previous attempts to remove said symbols, including testimonials from individuals in Congress involved in the process.It then provides background as to when the debate and movement to remove the flag began; namely a killing spree by
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They say history is written by the winners, sometimes the wrong winners write it. The article gives a review on the book written by Phillip Thomas Tucker in which he details how the famous pickett charge has been wrongly placed as the height of the southern offensive when it was actually the barksdale charge. The
Civil War Union private Franklin Durrah’s hand-written letter paints a bleak picture of life on the front lines. However, just as interesting as the content of the letter is its reason for being. Durrah was one of many Civil War veterans who lost his right arm in battle. William Bourne, a chaplain at Central Park
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A news article about a South Carolina juror wearing a shirt which features the Confederate flag to jury duty. It begins with a brief history of the flag in South Carolina, then explains the proceedings of the day juror in question arrived to court in her Confederate flag shirt. The shirt was cause for some
