Readers likely recall over the last decade the vicious, violent left defacing and taking down Confederate monuments throughout the South. Moreover, leftist local units of government arranged the removal of others monuments prominently placed within towns and cities. We learn from the Abbeville Institute blog that a group of citizens […]
Category: Southern Heritage
Sen. Harry Byrd’s Virginia Legacy
A great article at the Abbeville Institute discusses Senator Harry Byrd from the state of Virginia– a conservative Democrat who served in the Senate for decades and who resisted Roosevelt’s New Deal. Byrd was a major institution in Virginia; and his machine was well known. He did not achieve as […]
Defending The South Means Defending Western Civilization
Clyde Wilson, Abbeville Institute: American culture, both folk and high, barely exists and only in fragments. Americans by and large have lost all sense of Place and history and have no roots, are cultureless beings. Real Christian faith barely survives. An adult American from the 1950s would not even recognize […]
Jamestown Confederate Gun Factory
Yes! Weekly has an interesting article about a gun factory in Jamestown that produced weapons for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Another article relates how the area was known for the manufacture of guns. Worth a look…
Southern Roots
This map might explain somehow some of the cultural differences between the eastern/ coastal regions of southern states vs. the mountainous areas: The eastern parts of these states came from the central part of England and what is now Wales. The Appalachian regions came from Northern Ireland (the Scots-Irish), Scotland […]
Southern Monument Restoration
This past week brought the first bit of good news on the matter of Southern monuments in a long time. The magnificent Reconciliation Monument at Arlington National Cemetery was ordered to be put back in place by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: It had been removed by Biden a couple of […]
… You Are Arguing The Confederate Position
Charley Reese: Many people today… argue the Confederate positions without realizing it. For example, if you argue for strict construction of the Constitution, you are arguing the Confederate position; when you oppose pork-barrel spending, you are arguing the Confederate position; and when you oppose protective tariffs, you are arguing the […]
The Edenton Monument Protests
I had the opportunity to visit Edenton, NC about a year ago. Near the waterfront, at the end of its main street, a Confederate monument still sits. One morning, there were mild-mannered protestors at the monument– those against the monument on one side of the street, those in support on […]
Interesting Article About George Wallace
You can find it here. I certainly learned a few things…
Alabama Improves Upon Harvard…
… big time: