by editor | Oct 12, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities. Often on seacoasts, these structures were commissioned to better...
by editor | Oct 11, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, a white female who is running for reelection against a black female opponent, stands accused of … racism. The Iowa Democratic Party chairman, a black man, leveled the charge against her. Reynolds’ sin? She put out a...
by editor | Oct 10, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. 250 Commission Working to Celebrate State’s Role in Revolutionary War’s History LAURENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The story of the American Revolutionary War cannot be told without South Carolina. More than 200 battles were fought...
by editor | Oct 5, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
My brother, Kirk Randolph Elder, died suddenly and unexpectedly, 16 days before his 70th birthday. He and Tresta, his wife of 41 years, had planned a trip to Hawaii, where they were going to celebrate Kirk’s birthday. Kirk was a retired supervisor at an oil...
by editor | Oct 5, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that one person, Than he, if he had the power, Would be justified in silencing mankind.” — John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) The world is filled with self-evident...
by editor | Oct 3, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
WEST VIRGINIA: Wirt County Pioneer Days Goes On In Spite Of Cold, Rain ELIZABETH, W.V. — Having an outdoor event at the beginning of October means the weather is a roll of the dice. But even though the remnants of Hurricane Ian looked like a snake eyes for Wirt County...