Historian: Memorial Day rooted in South Published: May 24, 2009 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 24 (UPI) -- A historian from Indiana's Purdue University says the origins of Memorial Day come from the fallout in the South from the Civil War. Purdue assistant professor of history Caroline E. Janney said in a news release from the university the U.S. federal holiday was the result of the efforts by thousands of women in the [...]
Obama to lay Memorial Day wreath at Confederate marker Sunday, May 24, 2009 Curses! Obama is too smart to have made a PR blunder like this: President Barack Obama will send a wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day, rebuffing a petition from academics urging him to cease the decades-old tradition. The petition, organized by Dallas-based historian Edward Sebesta, says signers want to end glorification of the Civil [...]
SCV Urges President Obama to Send Wreath to Arlington Monument Saturday, May 23, 2009 For Immediate Release: The Sons of Confederate Veterans urge President Obama to continue the long standing tradition of sending a wreath to the Confederate Monument in Arlington Cemetery. This tradition began with President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 when he spoke at the dedication of the monument and should be continued as it is an important part of the [...]
Flag controversy may derail Homestead Veterans Day parade BY ELGIN JONES HOMESTEAD – Controversy over the display of the Confederate flag has prompted organizers of the city’s annual Veterans Day parade – a 47-year tradition – to consider canceling the event. “At their monthly meeting on May 21, the Board of Directors of the Greater Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce voted to recommend that its Military Affairs Committee discontinue their 47-year tradition [...]
NAACP wants NASCAR to ban Confederate flag ThatsRacin.com Report Saturday, May. 23, 2009 Officials of a South Florida branch of the NAACP say the organization could stage protests during NASCAR races in an effort to have the Confederate flag banned from events. The Miami-Dade branch's leaders said they would first ask for help from NASCAR officials in banning the flag, but are prepared to begin contacting sponsors. Also under consideration are a [...]
NAACP's Campaign of Hate Continues In Florida - Wants to Ban Confederate Flag from Veteran's Day Parade Thursday, May 21, 2009 Confederate flag in Homestead parade sparks dispute Black leaders are mobilizing to pressure city and business leaders to stop the flag from appearing in future events. Others say flag represents their Southern heritage. It started during a day of patriotism. The Sons of Confederate Veterans waved the Confederate battle flag as [...]
Obama will observe Confederate Memorial tradition despite petition By Marjorie Korn The Dallas Morning News Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will send a wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day, rebuffing a petition from academics urging him to cease the decades-old tradition. The petition, organized by Dallas-based historian Edward Sebesta, says signers want to end the glorification of the Civil War and recognize [...]
Let's bomb Dixie Wednesday, May 20, 2009 I don't regret setting bombs One of the things I love most about this job is how the other side keeps making our case for us. Southern traditionalists, like other paleoconservatives, point out that the Western ideals of social and individual liberty are not simply abstract ideas, but intrinsic components of Western culture; the obvious corollaries being 1) Insisting other cultures adopt our cultural practices [...]
YANKEE GENOCIDE STILL HERE by Alan Stang May 23, 2009 NewsWithViews.com Our source for the present discussion is War Crimes Against Southern Civilians, by Walter Brian Cisco (Pelican, Gretna, Louisiana, 2007). It is important to establish that the spiritual and political inheritors of the war criminals who committed those crimes do not deny them. They ignore them, hoping that if they say nothing those crimes will fade away; and so far they [...]
Spiritual perspective on Confederate flag controversy Dr. Deb Brown Miami Interfaith Spirituality Examiner May 22 "The General Lee" The Confederate flag was removed from the top of the Florida State Capitol in 2001, but it showed up again during this past Veterans Day parade in Homestead, Florida, where the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) marched or rode motorcycles in the parade while wearing Confederate army uniforms and waving Confederate flags. Less than [...]