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Benton entered Saturday night's Salt Bowl game against Saline County rival Bryant with one plan in mind: Give the ball to running back Braylen Russell in any way possible.
2023 represents a new era for Huntington football as head coach Stephen Dennis and the Raiders work to replace one of the most successful classes in the school's history.
America's Racial Awakening Forces Virginia Military Institute To Confront Its Past—And Future Time 2 days ago Molly Ball/Lexington, Va. © Jared Soares for TIME Civil War cannons outside the barracks that house Virginia Military Institute’s cadets in Lexington, Va. on May 6, 2021. It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general from his perch of 108 years. To many graduates of the Virginia Milit...
Share This: Robert E. Lee in Uniform. Robert E. Lee had a reputation as one of the finest officers in the United States Army. Therefore, Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the command of the federal forces in April 1861. Nevertheless, Lee declined and tendered his resignation from the Army when Virginia seceded on April 17th. He argued that he could not fight against his people. Instead, he accepted a general’s commission for the newly formed Confederate Army. His first military battle of the Civil War was at Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) on September 11, 1861. Although the Union...
Share This: The statue has been the spiritual centerpiece of the 181-year-old school, where Jackson taught physics before fighting with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Earlier this month, the Virginia Military Institute removed the statue of General “Stonewall” Jackson following allegations from black cadets of racism at the school. The statue, sculpted by VMI graduate Moses Ezekiel and unveiled in 1912, has long been the spiritual centerpiece of the 181-year-old school. Jackson taught physics at VMI before fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The status had enjoyed a ...