News From Around the South, 9/8 to 9/15
GEORGIA — National civil rights museum expanding. Unlike Smithsonian, Trump has no immediate sway over its content A popular museum in Atlanta is expanding at a critical moment in the United States — and unlike the Smithsonian Institution, the National Center...
Taking the Constitution Seriously
Last week, the President of the United States did not take the Constitution seriously. He ordered the murders of 11 people who were riding in a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea around 1,300 miles from the U.S. Afterward he said he did so because he believed that they...
Centuries-old bridge that linked Charleston to N.C. will close for repairs until spring
The bridge was part of a $1 million project to create commerce routes to the Charleston port After 205 years, Poinsett Bridge in South Carolina’s Upstate is getting a facelift. The historic bridge, once part of State Road extending from Charleston to North Carolina,...
Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Have Lost Touch With Roosevelt, Johnson and Truman
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is that its platform didn’t appeal to them. I was not surprised to see that same sentiment captured...
News From Around the South, 9/1 to 9/8
SOUTH CAROLINA: Experts work to ID remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in woods: “This is the ultimate cold case” The Battle of Camden is mentioned in history books and even films like “The Patriot,” but the precise location of much of...Obiter Dicta
DONEGAL, Pennsylvania — It is 6:14 p.m. on a Thursday. You’re hiking along the Forbes Trail, nestled deep in the Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Sword swap: Statue of general who died after Battle of Camden briefly disarmed for repair A statue in Maryland’s capital honoring Maj. Gen. Baron Johann DeKalb is looking Read More