Tag: CIVIL WAR

Some say the ayatollah may torture his own people as much as he wants, provided he leaves the rest of us alone. But do we ever reach a point at which we must say, “Enough is enough”? 

As long as there have been wars, there have been spectators watching reflections of their projections onto the mayhem and havoc. 

They were long forgotten boys in uniforms. Men who had families. Who never saw their wives again. Who nevermore kissed their mothers again, or shook hands with their old men, or bounced babies on their laps.

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, but practically no one is talking about it. The Civil War has been banished, exiled – practically erased from cultural memory today.

Please don’t let this voice from so many years ago be lost in vain. We still have time, and we can still make a difference!

South Alabama’s U.S. Army base Fort Rucker, named after Confederate officer Edmund Rucker, is undergoing a name change that will become official in April.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1 to 3 1863. The Union victory was decisive turning point in the Civil War.

Today is an official state holiday. State offices and most schools will be closed in honor of the legendary Confederate General Robert...