Was Charleston the Site of the First Memorial Day? A Yale Professor Thinks So
On May 30, 1868 in Arlington National Cemetery the first national recognition of Memorial Day was held, but what was hidden for so long was the story of what happened three years earlier in Charleston. In 1996, David Blight, an American history professor at Yale...
Are All Men Created Equal?
Ideology is political religion, said the conservative sage Russell Kirk. And what is the defining dogma of the political religion, or ideology, of America in 2022? Is it not that, “All men are created equal”? Yet, as with every religion, a basic question...
Marking 200th Anniversary, Charleston Project Redresses Denmark Vesey Narrative
Denmark Vesey is having his moment. A three-day public commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his planned liberation of enslaved Charleston-based Africans has been announced for this summer. Titled “Denmark Vesey Bicentenary,” the event represents an unprecedented...
Will Midterms Be Biden’s Last Hurrah?
For half a decade now, America’s media elite have been obsessed with former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s conversion to Trumpism. Press and TV are daily consumed with his actions and prospects and the future of the party he captured in...
News From Around the South 5/16 to 7/23
KENTUCKY: Mills Spring Battlefield to Hold Memorial Day Services NANCY, Ky. — Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument and Mill Springs National Cemetery are working together to honor military service members who died in the line of duty. Memorial Day events will...Obiter Dicta
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