Peas were delicious, if you could find them Page H. Onorato Tuesday, April 19, 2011 “Peas, peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas; goodness, how delicious, eating goober peas,”sang hungry Confederate mess-mates 150-some years ago. On April 12, the date of the firing upon Fort Sumter, we celebrated the outbreak of the American Civil War, aka The War Between the States (War of Northern Aggression, the Late Unpleasantness, the Wah-wuh), as we Southern [...]
Daughters of Confederacy remember the fallen April 20, 2011 The Robert F. Hoke Chapter No. 78 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy conducted its traditional memorial services April 10 during 14th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium. The 10 a.m. service at the Old Lutheran Cemetery was held near the 175 Confederate tombstones erected in 1996 by the Hoke Chapter. These soldiers died in Salisbury while as guards, prisoners or patients in [...]
Old Joe Confederate monument vandalized By Tricia L. Nadolny tnadolny@gainesvilletimes.com April 19, 2011 Gainesville officials are trying to decide how best to clean up some downtown graffiti. A little makeup remover might just do the trick. A heart and peace sign were drawn at the base of the Old Joe Confederate monument and it appears black lipstick was used to create the images, said Angela Thompson, Main Street manager. A second graffiti [...]
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE CONFEDERATES! Tuesday, April 19, 2011 IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE CONFEDERATES! By John C. Whatley athyriot@hotmail.com I see some of our “detainees” at Gitmo are still complaining about their treatment at the hands of the U.S. Government. Despite getting 3 hots and a cot, their own religious visitors, and a Koran (the “flushing” incident having [...]
Fredericksburg wins dispute over Confederate memorial, judge orders its removal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS April 20, 2011 FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Fredericksburg officials have won a legal dispute over a Confederate memorial's placement on a plot that's also the site of a memorial honoring soldiers killed in other wars. The Free Lance-Star reports that a judge ordered the Confederate memorial's removal on Tuesday. The memorial honoring 51 Confederate soldiers from seven states was erected [...]
SLRC MAY SEEK ACTION VS. VA HOSPITAL THAT FORBADE SMALL CBF IN PATIENT'S ROOM MEMPHIS – Officials at the Veterans’ Administration hospital here ordered 75-year-old paralyzed veteran Perry Thrasher to take a miniature Confederate battle flag off the wall of his hospital room and put it in a drawer, saying that its visibility violated federal regulations and had “offended” some other patients and hospital staff. In an interview with Memphis TV station [...]
Arlington National Cemetery Confederate History Month Series A Confederate History Minute (19) by Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. Arlington National Cemetery This story is about the Heroes of "Dixie" who are Commemorated during Confederate History and Heritage Month in April; proclamations are to be signed by Governors, Mayors and County Commissioners in their remembrance and honor. The world famous Arlington National Cemetery is located in the shadow of the Curtis-Lee Mansion (Arlington House) [...]
Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in Christian County (now Todd) Kentucky Confederate History Month Series A Confederate History Minute (18) by Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. Jefferson Davis, who would become the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a strong Unionist and also a strong defender of the United States Constitution. Our Founding Fathers believed in the sovereignty of the states and so did Jefferson [...]
Roz Bowie---A Black Woman pays tribute to unknown Confederate soldier Confederate History Month Series A Confederate History Minute (17) by Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. Roz Bowie---A Black Woman pays tribute to unknown Confederate soldier Take me home to the place where I was born, on a early frosty morn, Sweet Dixie, Take me home. These words are from a LP recording by Mrs. Roz Bowie, an African American woman, who made a [...]
The Deportation of the Roswell Mills Workers Confederate History Month Series A Confederate History Minute (16) by Calvin E. Johnson, Jr. The Deportation of the Roswell Mills Workers On July 5, 1864, Union General Garrards's Cavalry reached Roswell, Georgia and finding it undefended, occupied the city. General Gerrard reported to General William T. Sherman on July 6, 1864...."there were fine factories here. I had the building burnt, all were burnt." The cotton [...]