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In mid-May 2021, Snopes became aware of numerous online searches to determine whether laws in some U.S. states designate a legal holiday to honor the Confederacy or Confederate soldiers who fought during the Civil War.
When we looked into the matter, we found that this is true.
As of spring 2021, official calendars for a handful of states still memorialize the 11 Southern states that temporarily seceded from the U.S. to try to maintain slavery, or the some 290,000 Confederate troops who died fighting the failed separationists’ cause.
The state-sanctioned holidays, which occur annually throughout January and June, spur events ranging from ceremonies to place flags and wreaths on Confederate soldiers’ graves to re-enactments of Civil War battles.
San Antonio s universities want students vaccinated, but won t require it
May 6, 2021
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People wait, at left, at Southside High School for 15 minutes after being administered their COVID-19 vaccine while others get the shot at a clinic held by Southside ISD and the University of the Incarnate Word last month. Local colleges and universities are encouraging students and employees to get vaccinated but won’t be making it a requirement.William Luther /William Luther
Administrators at San Antonio’s colleges and universities say they have no plans to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall.
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Ayala: San Antonio s Blue Hole is a source of wonder and inspiration. So is Blue Hole Wisdom, a new book about the nuns who founded Incarnate Word University
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The springs at the Blue Hole, the headwaters of the San Antonio River on the UIW campus, flucuate with rainfall.William Luther /San Antonio Express-News
Bridget McDermott Flood isn’t a San Antonian. Neither is she a member of a religious congregation here, though she is a practicing Catholic.
But in a new book, the woman from St. Louis writes with ease about San Antonio and about Catholic nuns who founded a congregation here more than 150 years ago to serve spiritual and educational missions as well as those focused on social justice and healthcare.