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Statues in Peril

By Brett Moffatt

Statues of heroes are erected to remind us of our past, of their noble deeds, to honour them, and to inspire us. These men served out of a sense of civic duty.  They answered the… »

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  • Confederate Monuments

Driving Through Southern Maryland, Part 2

By Brett Moffatt

Driving thru Southern Maryland’s rural scenery- farms, woods, and villages, history greets you around every curve. Strong traditions in the heart of the people make it easy to appreciate the deep roots of that tradition.… »

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  • Maryland History
  • Southern History

Driving Through Southern Maryland, Part I

By Brett Moffatt

The Chesapeake Bay is the heart of Maryland. Except for a couple of remote areas, all of Maryland drains into the Chesapeake or its tributaries.  Most of Maryland’s population is little more than an hour’s… »

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  • Maryland History

Gunston Hall Boxwoods

By Brett Moffatt

George Mason, like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, was happiest at home, either in the fields and woods, with a good book by the hearth, or entertaining neighbors and family.  Living close to the soil,… »

  • Agrarianism
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  • George Mason
  • Southern Culture
  • Thomas Jefferson

Driving Through Virginia, Part III

By Brett Moffatt

The Colonial Parkway connects Jamestowne and WIlliamsburg with the third leg of Virginia’s HIstoric Triangle-Yorktown.  The colonial period of history had its beginning at Jamestown, its maturity at Williamsburg, and approached its end at Yorktown.… »

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  • Colonial America
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A Historical and Constitutional Defense of the South

By Brett Moffatt

A Review of A Historical and Constitutional Defense of the South (1914) by Captain John Anderson Richardson Captain Richardson was a member of the 19th Georgia, experienced the war and its aftermath, and wrote this… »

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Driving Through Virginia’s Historic Triangle, Part II

By Brett Moffatt

George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson trod the roads of this area as the colony of Virginia grew. George Mason, James Madison and Richard Henry Lee sat in the public houses debating political events.… »

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  • George Washington
  • Southern History
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Virginia
  • Williamsburg

Driving Through Virginia’s Historic Triangle

By Brett Moffatt

Virginia’s  Historic Triangle: Jamestowne, Williamsburg and Yorktowne encompasses the first permanent English settlement in America, the most important colonial capital, and the last major military engagement of the American War for Independence.  John Smith, Pocahontas,… »

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  • Jamestown
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Driving Through Virginia, Part II

By Brett Moffatt

The first English settlement in what is now Hampton was started in 1610, when Colonist under Governor Sir Thomas Gates captured a Native American village, Kecoughtan.  Forts Henry and Charles were early defensive work in… »

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  • Southern History
  • Virginia

Yankee Empire

By Brett Moffatt

A review of Yankee Empire: Aggressive Abroad and Despotic at Home (Shotwell Publishing, 2018) by James Ronald and Walter Donald Kennedy The Kennedys have fired a well placed shot across the bow of the Yankee… »

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  • Reconstruction
  • War for Southern Independence

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