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Listening to History: Songs of the Civil War and What We Can Learn Throughout American history, our wars have either popularized or produced songs that remain familiar to us today. The American Revolution brought us many songs, but only “Yankee Doodle” has stood the test of time. Sung to an old tune and written originally as a song of English derision aimed at Americans during the French and Indian War, patriots of the Revolution took the song for their own, changed the words, and proudly p...

Our “conservative” punditry go forth daily in what seems increasingly to be an already lost battle against the agenda of the left and its progressivist minions in and outside the Biden administration. That agenda enjoys overwhelming support in hysterically “woke” academia and counts on unwavering backing from cheerleaders and mouthpieces in the establishment media, entertainment, and the sports industry. Increasingly, corporate America—major international conglomerates and the all-but-...

Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, who was using McLean’s house as his headquarters, wrote: “… of this artillery fight was the destruction of the dinner of myself and staff by a federal shell that fell into the fire-place of my headquarters at the McLean House.” The Confederates won the First Battle of Bull Run due in large part to General “Stonewall” Jackson holding his ground like a “stonewall,” resulting in his nickname. With momentum on their side...

True West Magazine Possibly identified in 2012 as Alonzo F. Thompson of Company C, 84th New York Infantry Regiment, (earlier known as 14th Regiment New York State Militia). The young soldier is wearing a Union zouave uniform with bayoneted 1855 rifle musket with initials A.T. on stock. – Courtesy Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress/Source: Martinez, Ramona. “Photo Mystery Solved, Then Doubted, Then Deciphered, Thanks to Readers”; http://www.npr.org/...

Battle of Pleasant Hill Re-Enactment Is this Weekend 157th Annual Battle of Pleasant Hill Re-enactment and Festival is set for this weekend in Pelican, Louisiana which is about 3 miles north of Pleasant Hill. Courtesy of Battle of Pleasant Hill Committee Heres the full schedule of events: Friday, April 9, 2021 This is a day for school children to attend and learn about the battle. Youngsters will be transported to the site from 9am-1pm on Friday. Saturday, April 10, 2021 10 AM Battle of Pleasa...

Editorial: Monday Shorts: Deja vu? Sculptor Jack Nelson has been stripping paint away from the Spinner Park statue in his Turners Falls workshop. Staff Photo/Paul Franz Published: 4/4/2021 3:49:24 PM Here are some brief thoughts on recent happenings in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Munson Street court site a solution looking for a problem Officials across Western Massachusetts are aghast at the state Executive Office of the Trial Court’s plan to move trials away from county c...

CHARLESTON — Legislation that would make it illegal to remove or relocate Confederate memorials or monuments from the state Capitol grounds and other public locations around West Virginia is headed

The community denounces racism after some students from the University of the South shouted the n-word during a recent lacrosse match.

It was built to penetrate contested air space. Heres What You Need to Remember: The current B-2 fleet will likely fly for another twenty years or more. All of this adds up to the Air Force flying bat-winged, stealthy bombers for another forty or even fifty years, a testament to the original flying wing stealth design that dates all the way back to World War II. The B-2 Spirit is one of three strategic heavy bombers in U.S. Air Force service. Originally conceived to infiltrate the Soviet air-de...

By ALEX HORTON | The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 It was early September 1864 when Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, with a reputation among Southerners as a swashbuckling gentleman, was surrounded by federal soldiers outside a Tennessee mansion. Morgan fled across the lawn. A Union bullet shredded the generals heart, a member of his staff wrote to Morgans wife, ending his campaign of ambushing and capturing U.S. troops. Nearly 160 years later, Morgans legacy lives within 1...