Teen banned from prom over controversial dress (Confederate Flag theme)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – A Mid-South teen is banned from prom for wearing a dress that resembles a confederate battle flag. "It wasn't done to offend anybody," Texanna Edwards explained of her dress. "It was done just for the sole fact that I just wanted a rebel flag dress because I thought it was cool." But the principal at Gibson High in West Tennessee did not think it was cool. Edwards, a senior at the school, tried to wear the dress that she helped design to the prom Saturday night. She also wore a rebel flag necklace. "He told... |
150 Anniversary of America’s Great Locomotive Chase
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Our nation's most famous locomotive "The General" is now home at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia. See more at: http://www.southernmuseum.org/2012/02/southern-museum-gearing-up-for-great-locomotive-chase-sesquicentennial/ |
Gen. Patrick Cleburne--The Fighting Irishman
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Due to his brilliant strategy on the battlefield Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne was nicknamed “Stonewall Jackson of the West.” |
They Ain't-a Fergettin'!
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| "Many Americans, particularly many Southerners, observe academia's agenda-motivated analysis and respond with a collective yawn. This infuriates and frustrates the "professionals." Academic historians then fume, pout, and spout forth even more of what caused the yawn to begin with. While not providing much real value, the whole spectacle does, nonetheless, make for some great entertainment." |
A Southern Black History Month Moment
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| The Christmas of 1864, would be memorable for the Davis family and probably the best Christmas Jim Limber would ever have. |
Remembering John B. Gordon’s 180th Birthday
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| February is Black History Month. It is also the birthday month of George Washington, our first president. And it is the birthday month of John Brown Gordon of Georgia. |
Robert E. Lee: Remembering an American Legend
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Dr. Edward C. Smith, respected African-American Professor of History at American University in Washington, D.C., told the audience in Atlanta, Georgia during a 1995 Robert E. Lee birthday event, ‘Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee were individuals worthy of emulation because they understood history.’ |
Robert E. Lee: Remembering an American Legend
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Thursday, January 19, 2012, is the 205th birthday of General Robert E. Lee, whose memory is still dear in the hearts of people everywhere. |
Black College Student Wins Fight to Display Confederate Flag in Dorm Room
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| A black college student has won the fight to keep a Confederate flag in his dorm room after school officials initially told him to take it down. “It’s not racist for me,” Thomas, a Georgia native, said in the video. “All it is is a symbol that I see as a sign of respect, and people don’t want to see it that way.” |
Love Me Tender Premiered in New York
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Love Me Tender starring Richard Egan, Debra Paget and introducing Elvis Presley premiered at the Paramount Theater in New York. |
Perry Says He Opposes Texas Confederate Plate
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he was opposed to the state issuing a license plate featuring a Confederate battle flag, publicly declaring his position on the proposal for the first time. The Sons of Confederate Veterans applied for the Texas plate but opponents have called it highly offensive to African-Americans. The group is a national organization open to the male descendants of any man who served honorably in the Confederate forces during the Civil War. |
A Hispanic Month Tribute to Moses Ezekiel
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Moses J. Ezekiel was born on October 28, 1844, in Richmond, Va. He was one of fourteen children born to Jacob and Catherine de Castro Ezekiel. |
Confederate soldier stands his ground (guards damaged monument dedicated to American soldiers)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Confederate soldier stands his groundBy: Danielle Battaglia Published: August 14, 2011 Despite the Reidsville Confederate Monument officially departing his post on Scales Street, another soldier is taking his place and standing up for what he believes is right. On Friday morning, Jamie Funkhouser, the confederate soldier who came to Reidsville in June to raise awareness for the city council meeting discussing the future of the monument, returned to bring awareness to the fact that the soldier will soon be moved. The Reidsville Monument stood at the intersection of Scales Street and West Morehead Street for 101 years until Mark Anthony... |
When Rucker called the roll—A Soldier’s Story
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| On August 10, 1905, Amos Rucker, an ex-Confederate soldier and proud member of the United Confederate Veterans, died in Atlanta, Georgia. |
The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Fifty years had passed since the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st- 3rd, 1863. |
Confederate sub upright for first time since 1864
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship is upright for the first time in almost 150 years, revealing a side of its hull not seen since it sank off the South Carolina coast during the Civil War. Workers at a conservation lab finished the painstaking, two-day job of rotating the hand-cranked H.L. Hunley upright late Thursday. The Hunley was resting on its side at a 45-degree angle on the bottom of the Atlantic when it was raised in August 2000 and scientists had kept it in slings in that position in the lab... |
The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Fifty years had passed since the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st- 3rd, 1863. |
June 4, 1914 Dedication of Arlington Monument
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Did you know there are 245,000 service men and women, including their families, buried at Arlington? |
Confederate Memorial Day (Virginia)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| We all know that today is a day to remember US troops that have fallen in battle. In the state of Virginia today is also a day to remember our brave soldiers of the Confederacy. The marching armies of the past Along our Southern plains, Are sleeping now in quiet rest Beneath the Southern rains. The bugle call is now in vain To rouse them from their bed; To arms they'll never march again-- They are sleeping with the dead. No more will Shiloh's plains be stained With blood our heroes shed, Nor Chancellorsville resound again To our noble... |
Memorial Day farewell to Jefferson Davis
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Uncle Bob Brown, a former servant of the Davis family and a passenger on the train, saw the many flowers that the children had laid on the side of the railroad tracks. Brown was so moved by this beautiful gesture that he wept uncontrollably. |
Memorial Day Remembrance of Last Confederate Widow
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| The nation lost an historic lady in 2004. Mrs. Alberta Martin, the last known widow of a Confederate soldier, passed away on Memorial Day 2004. |
America's Great Locomotive Chase Story
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| It took about two weeks for the Confederates to capture the Union spies. Some of them made it as far as Bridgeport, Alabama. |
Paralyzed Vet Must Remove Confederate Flag
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| I suppose his actions qualify him as posing a severe domestic terrorist threat. |
America’s Great Locomotive Chase Story
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| Tuesday, April 12, 2011, marks the 149th anniversary of the "Great Locomotive Chase" that made "The General" famous. |
General Forrest License Plate in Mississippi
Thursday 24th of May 2012 01:48:02 PM
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| "After all, I think Forrest as the most remarkable man our 'Civil War' produced on either side.” |
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