Columbia, SC In Carl Prestipino’s March 22 letter (“It’s time to remove Confederate flag”), he states, “All the fancy new buildings and school accolades don’t mean a thing when the ...
Those who support the Confederate flag blame its unpopularity on everyone from blacks and racially tolerant whites to red-state politicians and President Obama. Their blaming is misdirected.
Following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd and a summer of racial justice unrest, Virginia and other states took down Confederate statues from public spaces. In a letter to school board chairs ...
The Confederate flag has been brought down from the South Carolina State House, and I understand it meant different things to different people. Now that it's done, let the South move on.
Letter writer Martin Owens invokes Venezuela ... Re “Feds should put Confederate monuments in their proper places: museums” (Viewpoints, Sept. 6): Sen. Steve Glazer’s op-ed strikes a ...
General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on ...