Live Civil War Artillery Shell Found at Gettysburg
The Civil War nearly claimed another casualty after an archaeologist discovered a live artillery round buried under a foot of dirt at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Park employees shut down roads and cleared the area around the 7-inch-tall shell,...
What Are Judeo-Christian Values?
The term “Judeo-Christian values” is frequently used. I am one who uses it. I do so for the same reason the late great British prime minister Margaret Thatcher did: “The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition,” she said, “are infinitely...
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....Obiter Dicta
WASHINGTON — Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Parks Dept. Seeks $18M to Open Four New State Parks COLUMBIA — Four new state parks could open in 2025, if South Carolina’s parks department receives the Read More