The Caribbean’s Key Role in the American Revolution
The American Revolution (1775-1783), which pitted the powerful British empire against 13 upstart colonies, wasn’t just fought on the North American continent. The “shot heard round the world” in Concord, Massachusetts, also fired the political ambitions of other...
Why Was It So Hard for Nikki Haley to Say ‘Slavery’? History Has the Answer
n William Faulkner’s novel, Sartoris, someone asks the title character, Colonel John Sartoris, why he had fought for the Confederacy so many decades before. “Damned if I ever did know,” replied the aging veteran, now a pillar of his community in fictional...
News From Around the South 12/25 to 1/1
New Year’s Tradition of Watch Night Services Dates to Civil War The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to December 31, 1862, when many Black Americans gathered in churches and other venues, waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to sign...
Office Pool 2025
1. In January 2025, Donald Trump will be a. In federal prison. b. Preparing to be inaugurated as President. c. Fuming in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago over his second loss to Joe Biden. d. None of the above. 2. In January 2025, Joe Biden will be a. Preparing to be...
News From Around the South 12/18 to 12/25
KENTUCKY: History comes alive in Elizabethtown 161 years after Civil War battle HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — It was just after Christmas, 1862, and Elizabethtown was under attack. Confederate forces had fired more than 100 cannonballs. On Wednesday, outside of the Depp...Obiter Dicta
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TEXAS: How some Texas parents and historians say a new state curriculum glosses over slavery and racism A new Texas curriculum seeks to captivate first-grade students with a lesson on Read More