Posted on November 26th, 2009 by Berry Craig
I just saw another Rebel-flag emblazoned “Heritage not Hate” bumper sticker. I suspect I’ll see more during the sesquicentennial observances of the Civil War.
The “Heritage not Hate” folks claim slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War. Neo-Confederates – and there are more than a few in my native Kentucky – claim that 11 slave states – the Bluegrass [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Berry Craig
The spirit of Preston “Bully” Brooks is alive in Joe Wilson.
Wilson is the South Carolina congressman who shouted “You lie!” at President Barack Obama during his health care speech to a joint session of Congress the other night.
Brooks was a South Carolina congressman who knocked out U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in 1856.
Wilson is a [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Berry Craig
Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, wasn’t a big fan of secession.
After 11 Southern slave states exited the Union and started the Confederate States of America in 1860-1861, the Great Emancipator led the country to victory in the Civil War, which returned the wayward states to what Lincoln called their ”proper relation” with the rest of our federal [...]
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