News From Around the South 2/6 to 2/13
ARKASNAS: Event Examines Deadliest Racially-Charged Massacre in Arkansas History With the start of Black History Month just weeks away, a new event will examine one of the lowest points in the history of race relations in Arkansas. The Voices of Elaine Symposium will...
Freedom’s Extinction
“Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed and a year and a half into the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine sensed a...Did Archaeologists Find A 1684 Scottish Settlement Under Beaufort? The Results Are In
BEAUFORT — In August, a team led by University of South Carolina archaeologist Chester DePratter searched in residents’ yards, city parks, and the lawn of the First African Baptist Church for evidence of a 17th-century Scottish settlement known as Stuarts Town....
The Far Reaching and Devastating Impact of Amazon Ending AmazonSmile
WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania —Eighty-five years ago, Carl Stotz had an epiphany of sorts while he was passing a lazy summer day playing catch with his two nephews and tripped over a lilac bush while chasing a wild pitch. While nursing his wounds he had a flash of...
News From Around the South 1/30 to 2/6
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Miniature Man: Richard Lushington, his Jewish Militia, and Charleston High Society It was no small feat to locate the miniature double portrait and get it to Charleston. And the visage on one side of the medallion-sized object, that of Richard...Obiter Dicta
Following the Eating Pets imbroglio, one would think that undecided voters would have their doubts quelled about how to vote Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Lowcountry Fossil Hunter is Sharing Ancient Finds in a Modern Way GOOSE CREEK — Waist-deep in a Charleston-area river, a pair of goggles atop his head and inflatable Read More