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CAROLINA BEACH – Tucked away among a rapidly developing portion of Federal Point, a piece of deeply rooted local Civil War history will now be preserved as a long-awaited park. On Thursday, the Town of Carolina Beach and Federal Point Historical Preservation Society will unveil the Joseph Ryder Lewis Jr. Civil War Park, built on land donated by its namesake that features original Sugar Loaf earthworks manned by soldiers during the final days of the War Between the States. Before Lewis Jr.’...

Marie McAden A former staffer with The Miami Herald, Marie moved to SC in 1992. She is passionate about the outdoors, and enjoys exploring the state’s many natural treasures from the Lowcountry to the Upstate.More from "Marie McAden" Got cabin fever? Hit the road with your own accommodations for a socially distanced vacation in a South Carolina state park campground. With 33 parks offering campsites for tents and RVs, you’re sure to find the perfect spot for an out-of-the-way getaway....

The GOPs War of the Roses | Opinion On 2/1/21 at 5:30 AM EST As pundits ponder the looming prospect of a "Republican Civil War," they instinctively draw dire analogies with the cataclysmic conflict between Union and Confederacy some 160 years ago. But to gain a more illuminating perspective on the bitter struggle within the GOP, analysts should go back four hundred years further and consider Englands violent civil strife between 1455 to 1487, later designated the War of the Ros...

How can two political parties who genuinely have the best interests of the U.S. at heart be so diametrically opposed in their policies?

For 60 days the Four Corners community and the Navajo Nation may begin to adjust to new relationship to federal land under the Biden administration.

Elizabeth Davis Special to Boonville Daily News On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified World War I veteran in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. That burial took place on Nov. 11, 1921. It was another five years before Congress authorized the completion of the Tomb which is inscribed on the west panel: HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill on Aug. 3, 1956, t...

by Provost Peggy Agouris |  January 25, 2021 Provost Peggy Agouris sent the following message to the campys community on Jan. 14, 2021. - Ed. Dear Colleagues, I write to share the news that Scott Donaldson, Louise G.T. Cooley Professor of English, Emeritus, died of lung cancer on December 1, 2020 at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Prof. Donaldson was a renowned literary biographer and, with his wife Vivian, a very generous financial suppo...

‘Cowboys’ and ‘Identifying Features’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Veteran film actor Steve Zahn showcases his leading man talents as a well-intentioned father in director-writer Anna Kerrigan’s new movie “Cowboys.” The Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) will be streaming the movie online Jan. 22. The modern western is about a father who runs off wi...

Sir Winston Churchill called General Robert E. Lee, “one of the noblest Americans who ever lived.” Please let me call to your attention that Tuesday, January 19, 2021, is the 214th birthday of Robert E. Lee, whose memory is still dear in the hearts of many Southerners. Why is this man so honored in the South and respected in the North? Lee was even respected by the soldiers of Union blue who fought against him during the War Between the States. During Robert E. Lee’s 100th birthd...

Twitter Facebook At noon on Wednesday, January 20, Joe Biden, a former Democratic US senator from Delaware and vice president under Barack Obama, will be sworn in as the nation’s 46th president, succeeding Donald Trump and ending what might be the most tumultuous presidency in history. And Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will be sworn in as the nation’s first woman vice president. In keeping with tradition, Biden will deliver an inaugural address, laying out his plans and hopes. Per...