Back to the main articles page H.K. Edgerton From: preacherjohnnymack@windstream.net To whom it may concern: My family and I attended the bicentennial celebration of Jefferson Davis' birth at Fairview, Kentucky last month, including my four year old son, Jefferson Davis Brown. While there, I met H. K. Edgerton. Before meeting him, as I was nearing a table he had set up, I couldn't help overhear a conversation that occurred. A father with [...]
Back to the main articles page The Arrest Of Bazz Childress (Wingate Wyndham) Having heard all the particulars from the Honorable Bazz Childress and having had consultation with the Honorable Roger McCredie, Administrative Director of the Southern Legal Resource Center and past National Heritage Defense Chair of the Sons of Confederate Veterans about the incident inside the hotel room of Wingate Wyndham during the National Sons of Confederate Veterans annual Re-union in [...]
One in five Americans whistling Dixie on secession Tuesday, July 29, 2008 It's always nice when others notice your work: The People's Republic of Colorado may not be a pipe dream after all for right-wing states' rights zealots and left-wing peaceniks. A new national Zobgy/Middlebury Institute poll reports that 22 percent of respondents believe that states have the right to peaceably secede from the United States. The figures go up considerably among [...]
Black Confederate: A. D. Mitchell "Floyd Lamar" 6th Alabama Infantry, Home Guard, Confederate Valet, CSA From the March 10, 1938 edition of The Coalfield Progress: A. D. Mitchell Once a Slave Dies at 95 A. D. Mitchell, 95 years old, one of the old slaves and negro preachers, one of the most beloved of his race; died last week at the home of "Red" Hollis, where he had made his home for [...]
Back to the main articles page Crystal Springs Tomato Festival - June 27 & 28, 2008 The occasion was our town's annual Tomato Festival (Crystal Springs was once known as the Tomato Capital of The World). June 28, 2008. We set up our Booth at the Episcopal Church my wife and I attend. HK was interviewed by the local NBC affiliate. The interview appeared very briefly on the 5:00 p.m. report but [...]
Crystal Springs Tomato Festival June 27 & 28, 2008 The occasion was our town's annual Tomato Festival (Crystal Springs was once known as the Tomato Capital of The World). June 28, 2008. We set up our Booth at the Episcopal Church my wife and I attend. HK was interviewed by the local NBC affiliate. The interview appeared very briefly on the 5:00 p.m. report but many saw it, and let me know. [...]
Back to the main articles page An Open Report / A Weekend In The Black Community On Friday morning I would lament about not hearing from the Sons of the Murfreesboro Camp on an invitation to attend the Uncle Dave Macon Day event they had extended an invitation for me to attend. However, the prophetic words of my mom would ring clear before this weekend would draw to a close; God knows [...]
Proud of heritage Published: July 10. 2008 I would like to respond to your Sunday, June 22, editorial, titled "Heritage or heresy," in which you say Confederate flags should be put back in the museums, where they belong. Maybe there are some fringe groups or fanatics who would misuse the Confederate flag, but I am not one of them. I am a Southerner by birth, and I am proud of my Southern [...]
The Hanging of Mary Surratt Judicial murder and government dirty linen--Part Two by Al Benson Jr. The "trial" of Mary Surratt and the Lincoln conspirators is still something that is debated about. Was it a legal trial or not? Reverdy Johnson, Mrs. Surratt's first attorney, had contended that the military court that tried the conspirators was without proper authority to do so as long as the civil courts were sitting. This is [...]
Confederate group raises different flag Friday, July 4, 2008 TAMPA - It took many hands to raise the flag with the correct and proper ceremony Friday. But eventually, the giant banner lifted into the morning air. "It signifies the United States as a whole, the colonies and the Revolutionary War and the fact that we are all united as one nation," offered Sons of Confederate Veterans Chapter President 'Ponch.' The members of [...]