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Confederate Monuments

Racism and Reputation

By Rev. Larry Beane

Two terms that are tossed about with great liberality today are “racist” and “white supremacist.”  Like other words with specific definitions, such as “fascist” and “Nazi,” these labels are losing their specific social, economic, political,… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Larry Beane
  • Political Correctness
  • Racism
  • Slavery
  • War for Southern Independence

VMI Test Case for the Country

By Forrest L. Marion

In May of this year, George Floyd died; seven months later, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) removed its statue of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson from its prominent position at the nation’s oldest state-supported four-year military… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Forrest Marion
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition
  • Stonewall Jackson

What 2020 Means for Southerners

By Boyd Cathey

During the past couple of months, from shortly after the presidential election until now, seven installments in the MY CORNER series have been picked up and (re)published, and while most of these dealt specifically with… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Political Correctness
  • Social Justice

The Elephant in the Room

By Valerie Protopapas

There are very few human symbols that find absolute approval or, in the alternative, disapproval. Symbols are called that because they represent something far larger than themselves. An unknown symbol is an oxymoron. At present,… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Political Correctness
  • Valerie Protopapas

1619 Plus 2020 Equals 1984

By John Marquardt

In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” the central governmental agency in his fictitious country of Oceania is the antonymic Ministry of Truth, a body charged with the duty of erasing actual history and then rewriting it… »

  • 1619 Project
  • Confederate Monuments
  • John Marquardt
  • Political Correctness
  • Social Justice

Monument Avenue 1890-2020

By Patrick Seay

For the majority of my life I have had an intense interest in the history of the War Between the States. This interest germinated as a result of two very influential places that I became… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Patrick A. Seay
  • Richmond
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southern Heroes

Sampson County and the Defense of Western Civilization

By Boyd Cathey

Sampson County is a large, mostly rural county in southeastern North Carolina. Like most non-metropolitan areas of the state, it tends to be conservative, in fact, a long-time bastion of the modern Republican Party in… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition
  • Yankees

The Real Reason for Confederate Monuments

By Philip Leigh
  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Philip Leigh
  • War for Southern Independence

A Land Without Heroes

By Duncan Killen

What if there were 15.3 million dead American soldiers? Imagine it. Legions of the unburied down rows of summer corn, strewn along riverbanks, and discarded on roadsides. And imagine if many of the boys’ bodies… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Duncan Killen
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition

What Lee Said About Monuments in 1869

By Ernest Blevins

A frequent argument against Confederate monuments is a “sound bite” of a quote from General Robert E. Lee in 1869 in some variation to “I think it wiser not to keep open the sores of… »

  • Cancel Culture
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Ernest Blevins
  • Political Correctness
  • Robert E. Lee

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