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Category Archives: Reconstruction Renewed
Confederate Memorial to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction Renewed, TTG, WBS
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“… Why a Law, Not Jail, Might Be the Best Way to Keep Trump Out of the Oval Office.”
“What Cheney and her congressional colleagues might have in mind is the 14th amendment, which was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War to prevent former Confederates from holding state or federal office and thus disrupting the fragile Reconstruction effort. … Continue reading
Posted in Gastronomie, Politics, Reconstruction Renewed
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I am inclined to think the Clintons’ pal McAuliffe will win.
“GOP Businessman Glenn Youngkin holds a razor-thin lead over former Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race, according to a new Trafalgar poll. When asked, “If the election were held tomorrow, who are you most likely to support?,” 48.4% said … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, government, Politics, Reconstruction Renewed
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“‘We cannot wait’: Democrats craft voting bill with eye on Supreme Court fight” wlwt.com
“What it feels like is a shifting of the goal posts,” said Damon Hewitt, the president and executive director of the left-leaning Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Sparring in Congress for months has focused on a different Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in government, New Dominion, Reconstruction Renewed
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“Where are we?”
Posted in Current Affairs, government, Politics, Reconstruction Renewed, Russia
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“The Scouring of the Shire” – JRR Tolkien
“”The Scouring of the Shire” is the penultimate chapter of the high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader “Sharkey”, revealed … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction Renewed, Whatever
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“VMI Test Case for the Country” Abbeville Institute
"In the wake of Floyd’s unfortunate death, a flurry not only of protests but also of writings on race ensued. In time, many of the latter took aim at VMI, a number of which asserted the school’s Confederate heritage had … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction Renewed
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“Georgia on my mind”
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched investigations into several groups, including one founded by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, for seeking to “aggressively” register “ineligible, out-of-state, or deceased voters” before the state’s Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections. Raffensperger’s office … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics, Reconstruction Renewed
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Under pressure from the NAACP, this one is also being exiled.
I have always liked this one because it is a very accurate depiction of an Army of Northern Virginia rifleman just as they embarked on the Gettysburg Campaign in 1863. On the pediment is inscribed "Leesburg to her sons who … Continue reading
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Mayor Lavar Stoney proposes further “contextualization.”
"Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Wednesday that he and 9th District Councilman Mike Jones will introduce an ordinance on July 1 to remove all city-controlled Confederate statues from Monument Avenue. A commission appointed by Stoney recommended taking down the Jefferson … Continue reading
Posted in government, History, Reconstruction Renewed
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