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A Southern Black History Month Moment
A magazine article in 1989 caught my eye about a black child, a Confederate President’s First Lady and the Southern Presidential Family. The story was written by Gulfport, Mississippi freelance writer Mrs. Peggy Robbins and is entitled, “Jim Limber Davis.”
Remembering John B. Gordon’s 180th Birthday
John B. Gordon, born February 6, 1832, was an orator, lawyer, statesman, soldier, publisher and governor of the state of Georgia. He is best known as one of General Robert E. Lee’s generals. At Appomattox, his corps’ encounter with the Union soldiers under Joshua Chamberlain is a classic story that began the healing of America.
When Rucker called the roll – A Soldier’s Story
The Confederate flag, which continues to come under attack, was the proud banner of Black, White, Hispanic, Jewish and Native American sons and daughters of Dixie who stood nobly in defense of their homeland and way of life during the War Between the States. Once upon a time neither the Confederate nor the Union Veterans or their blood stained battle flag needed any defense.
The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
From June 29 to July 4, 1913, 53,407 Confederate and Union Veterans of the War Between the States came to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a Reunion and encampment. Veterans came from 47 of the 48 states of the Union and the Chief Surgeon said of the event, quote “Never before in the world’s history had so great a number of men advanced in years been assembled under field conditions” unquote.
Old Times not forgotten in Dixie
By Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.
Tennessee Senator Edward Ward Carmack said in 1903, “These Confederate soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes.” He also said, “The people of the South have the right to teach their children the true history of the War Between the States, the causes that led to it and the principles involved.”
America’s Great Locomotive Chase Story
By: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, marks the 149th anniversary of the “Great Locomotive Chase” that made “The General” famous. Jefferson Cain, an employee of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was Engineer of The General. At 4:15 on the morning of April 12, 1862, Cain pushed the throttle of The General and drove the engine out of Atlanta, Georgia for Chattanooga, Tennessee as a cool spring rain fell on the city.
General Forrest License Plate in Mississippi
Forrest’s speech during a meeting of the “Jubilee of Pole Bearers” is a story that should be told. Gen. Forrest was the first white man to be invited by this group which was a forerunner of today’s Civil Right’s group. A reporter of the Memphis Avalanche newspaper was sent to cover the event that included a Southern barbeque supper.
71st Anniversary of Gone With The Wind
The festivities surrounding the premiere of Gone with the Wind included a parade down Peachtree Street with over three-hundred thousand people cheering the playing of ” Dixie ,” waving Confederate flags and shouting Rebel Yells.
Revisionist History And A. Lincoln
Ours is the oral tradition of passing on a people’s story. This teaching method is as old as man himself. In this way we can be sure that no matter what the revisionists do to the “official” record, we will have the truth. And it is the truth that makes one free.
Remembering Robert E. Lee
During Robert E. Lee’s 100th birthday in 1907, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., a former Union Army Commander and grandson of United States President John Quincy Adams, spoke in tribute to Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee College’s Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia. His speech was printed in both Northern and Southern newspapers and is said to have lifted Lee to a renewed respect among the American people.
Tears of Jihad
The Tears of Jihad refers to the deaths of 270 million people over a 1400 year period. They were all killed for the same reason. They did not believe that Mohammed was the prophet of Allah.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Day Funeral Train
A Southern President was laid to rest on Memorial Day. The Sons of Confederate Veterans have proclaimed 2008, as the “Year of Jefferson Davis” and Davis’ 200th birthday, June 3, 2008, will be celebrated with many great events including the reopening of his last home “Beauvoir” on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Please share the following [...]
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