House GOP Trust-Busting Bill Is An Economic Disaster
With President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda in ruins, Democrats want to blame Big Business for the mayhem of high inflation and a collapsing stock market. The White House has pointed its finger at every industry, from Big Tech to meat producers, oil and...
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TENNESSEE: Memorial Day Origins Rooted in Civil War BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Memorial Day is a time of remembrance of those who died while in service to the United States. Solemn observances in which these fallen veterans are honored include decorating their final...
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...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: Spartanburg Revolutionary War flag acquired by library SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A significant piece of local and American history – one no Read More