New Names Recommended for 9 Army Bases That Honor Confederate Leaders
WASHINGTON — A Black sergeant who battled German soldiers during World War I. The Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. A woman who served as an Army surgeon during the Civil War. A commission established by Congress last year has suggested new names for nine Army...
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...Obiter Dicta
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