The current design of Florida’s state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the state legislature to add diagonal red bars, in the form of a St. Andrew’s cross, to the flag. Florida’s state flag consisted of a white field with […]
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Here in the South and other, mostly rural places around the United States where the flag can still be found, often in the front yards of mobile homes, that assessment may be overconfident. Aside from still gracing the Mississippi state flag, the Southern Cross flies large along a Florida interstate, and there’s another one fluttering
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It was 4:30 in the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863. General Hood shouted, “Fix bayonets, my brave Texans. Forward and take those heights.” This was the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, and Hood’s Texas Brigade was part of a large Confederate attack. Lt. Colonel Work, of Hood’s 1st Texas Regiment, pointed to his
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Anti-Trump supporters remove a pro-Trump banner that was made by locals to reveal an even bigger political statement. You will never believe what was under the banner in the first place. Some may say it would have been better to leave the pro-Trump banner up to cover up this shocking homage to the past. Anti-Trump Vandals
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This month, volunteers planted 64 Jefferson elms, white swamp oaks, tulip poplars and Kentucky Coffee trees between the city and Monticello. Theres this huge wide median, and we decided to put an alley of large trees in it, so 40 to 50 years from now there will be this beautiful cathedral of trees on the
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When we hear “Color Guard” today, we think of ceremonies, not battle. True, a color guard is today responsible for a unit’s colors, their flag. They care for it and ensure its proper display. In that sense the word “guard” still applies. But in the Civil War, guarding the flag meant a lot more. These
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Those were among the relics believed to be unearthed Monday when construction crews found a time capsule that had been buried under the Confederate monument near the University of Louisville for 121 years. It’s hard to say at this point whether the box was sealed at all, said Sarah Lindgren, the city’s public art administrator,
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He drove a truck and quickly befriended what Peters calls her friend group of redneck kids. A group of 20 vehicles, mostly pickup trucks, did a lap around Rhoads neighborhood with Peters and a friend on horses at the front. Peters mom, Hayley Lewis, draws a distinction between the Confederate flag, or stars and bars,
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The New York Times ran a story about the alleged resurgence of the Confederate battle flag. It’s convincing, but it misses the bigger picture: In recent years the battle flag has gradually retreated from public spaces. State house grounds in South Carolina is the latest example. The state flag of Mississippi, which contains the Confederate
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It was fortunate that a collector of historical munitions noted that a recently bought cannonball contained a still intact fuse, potentially allowing it to detonate, which led the woman to notify a manager at the auction site of purchase, who in turn notified the police. A bomb squad unit evacuated the area and safely removed
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