Preserving Southern Heritage

The people In Hollywood are arguing over whether they should rename the streets that are named after Confederate Generals. Some people are claiming that is like erasing history, inconvenient for the people currently living on those streets or if the post office will even approve of renaming the streets. On the other side are the […]

Is Southern culture racist or is it just being skewed as such by history? Is it fair to attack the reminders of a time in our history that is a deeply divisive to this country? This author explores reasons for preserving our monuments to the Confederacy and why they are not just icons to racism. Key

When a group of Confederate Flag wavers, the Virginia Flaggers, headed down the the VMFA for a day of flag waving, they were accosted by a man named Jonathan Romans who had been served warrants for accosting them before. He was arrested, and the Flaggers were very happy about that and will continue to protest

San Francisco school board member Matt Haney is proposing that several schools in the area change their names. He suggests that schools named after Washington, Jefferson and other early American icons should be renamed because of these individuals’ tie to the slave trade. He suggests that the schools be renamed after such people as San

In “Civil War Profiles – Protecting the flag was the primary mission” Thomas J Ryan highlights the role of standard bearers during battle. He points out that members of the color guard had to be extremely courageous and that although standard bearers are often killed another color guard member is always ready to step up

Free speech is not so free in Lake Arrowhead as a group of high school students comes under attack for displaying confederate flags on their pickup trucks outside of the school. The matter was discussed at a school board meeting where former assemblyman Tim Donnely defends the students right to free expression. The students flying

Being a Color Guard during the Civil War was one of the most unacknowledged tasks during the war. Color Guards risked their lives while protecting this valuable piece of history. Many stories of Color Guards are told entailing their heroic adventures and methods for which these flags were carried and kept safe. No matter which

The Civil War may have been 150 years ago, but its history still resonates to this day. Re-enactments help today’s citizens get in touch with the events of the past. Now, Huntington Beach is getting a taste of history with a Civil War re-enactment commemorating the 155th anniversary of the war. Civil War re-enactment brings history

The constitutionality of the Mississippi state flag challenge in district court. Carlos Moore opened up a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi in regards to their flag. Moore argued that the Mississippi flag containing confederate battle emblem violated both the 13th and 14th amendment. U.S District Judge Carleton Reeves dismissed the case, but left the

Confederate soldiers took horses from families in York County during a March across the country. One man, Jacob Rudy, filed a lawsuit for damages incurred when his horse was stolen by one of these soldiers. Years after his death, it turns out that his family did finally receive payment for what was taken from them