Richmond to give Confederate monuments, including Lee, to Black History Museum of Virginia
The city of Richmond and state officials are planning to give Confederate monuments to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, including the statue of Robert E. Lee and its graffiti-covered plinth. As part of the transfer, which requires...
Where Does NATO Enlargement End?
After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Warsaw Pact dissolved, the breakup of the USSR began. But the dissolution did not stop with the 14 Soviet “republics” declaring their independence of Moscow. Decomposition had only just begun. Transnistria broke...
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SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Battlegrouund Preservation Trust Gets Federal Grant For Liberty Trail Project CHARLESTON, S.C. — History isn’t always easy to access or appreciate. We catch glimpses of it, consider certain episodes, sometimes engage in conversations about...
Schumer’s Ugly ‘Voting Rights’ Gamble
In a Dear Colleague letter this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warns that if Republicans refuse to support the Democrats’ unconstitutional efforts to nationalize elections, he will move to eliminate legislative checks and balances by blowing up the...
New Book Challenges Old Myths About Maryland’s Role In Civil War
Regular folks and history buffs who believe Maryland leaned strongly toward the Confederacy during the Civil War era have never lacked evidence for the claim. It was a Marylander, after all, on the U.S. Supreme Court who wrote the opinion in the infamous 1857 Dred...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: Virginia Museum of History and Culture launches Revolution Revisited podcast Calling all history buffs! The Virginia Museum of History and Culture is launching a podcast that you don’t want Read More