The United Daughters of the Confederacy have honored Kate Sexton, a Civil War nurse, with a marked gravesite in a cemetery in Bristol, Virginia. Ms. Sexton served Confederate soldiers in Virginia and Georgia and died more than 150 years ago at age 77. Ms. Sexton’s grave is one of many that the United Daughters of […]
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‘Libido dominande” in Latin means lust to dominate. A new book “The Yankee Problem: An American Dilemma” by Clyde Wilson describes the Yankee need to dominate. Wilson describe Yankees in a negative light claiming they are arrogant, hypocritical, unfriendly and with a need to dominate others. This mindset has changed the way history is viewed
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Is the Confederate flag a symbol of American history or a reminder of a past that many would like to forget? Recently, the Veteran Affairs Department, decided to ban the display of the Confederate Flag at any of their cemeteries. Congress rejected that plan, but President Obama chose to ignore them and impose tough restrictions
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The american flag carries a great historical message and meaning, but schools also have the right to not display the flag and other accessories such as clothing with the flag as well. This can legally be done if somebody was using the flag to taunt somebody. Not allowing the flag at games caused an outrage,
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Belle Boyd was a teenage spy for the Confederate States of America in the 1800s. Union soldiers broke into her house thinking her family had a confederate flag inside. When a soldier used obscene language to her mother, Boyd shot and mortally wounded him so their house was put under guard. Boyd flirted with the
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The controversy continues in regards to the confederate flag in South Carolina. While one side strives to make compromises by not having the flag on any permanent flag poles at the cemetery, the other side finds no compromise acceptable as the flag represents hate and racism. As of now the flag can still be placed
There are people who are of the opinion that the Jefferson Davis Highway should change its name since it references a controversial figure associated with being the President the Confederate States and the darker parts of history that go along with that position. There is also a side to the argument that suggests that the
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First Amendment? Not in California. California owns the right to decide what speech the state engages in. Most recently evident by its banning on a painting of the civil war from a county fair art fair because it includes the Confederate Flag due to its symbolism of racism and demonstration of a darker time for
This article is all about how media are creating a new truth. Basically this article is all about how the media can twist and alter a story so that it makes people believe that what they are saying is true.Media often tries to discredit the opposing view of a situation by providing often invalid arguments
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A dispute that seems to mirror the national mood is claiming another victim. The ‘Dukes of Hazzard Store’ will be closing up shop. What started as a dispute over parking and zoning has turned into a feud that is fanning the flames of “us” versus “them”. The “us” being hardworking Southern folk and the “them”;
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