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Tony Kushner Explains Emancipation | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Tony Kushner Explains Emancipation. By Andy Hall on December 27, 2012. Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) confers with (l.) U.S. Representative James Ashley (David Costabile) and Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) on strategy for passing the 13th Amendment. I went to see. Tony Kushner’s script. His Secretary of the Interior, and James Speed. His new Attorney General. The Emancipation Proclamation’s merely a war measure....
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You Were Warned, America! | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. You Were Warned, America! By Andy Hall on July 15, 2015. Jade Helm is here, people. Chris Martin uncovers the irrefutable evidence at the Sam’s Club in San Angelo:. Laquo; Return Forrest to Elmwood Cemetery. 8220;My remains shall rest with those of brave men”. Subscribe to comments with RSS. Said, on July 15, 2015 at 4:54 pm. Oh, that is just so hilarious! Does this guy work for the Onion? Said, on July 15, 2015 at 5:10 pm. Fill in ...
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Memory | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. By Andy Hall on August 21, 2016. So apparently there’s an online poll somewhere that asks whether people approve of those big-ass Confederate flags out on the highway. And apparently the “disapprove” votes are leading at the moment. There’s also a “secede now” option that barely moves the needle. But, of course, that’s because. By Andy Hall on August 20, 2016. Jefferson: The History and Mystery of the City on the Bayou. In 1907....
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Return Forrest to Elmwood Cemetery | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Return Forrest to Elmwood Cemetery. By Andy Hall on July 2, 2015. Last week Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton called for the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, his wife, and the monument that stands above them, to be returned to the city’s Elmwood Cemetery. At Elmwood, he and Mary Ann would lie again among twelve hundred other Confederate soldiers. Perhaps it’s not mere coincidence that the statue’s bronze gaze has been fixed ...And like ...
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Dick Dowling and the Immigrant’s Call to Arms | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Dick Dowling and the Immigrant’s Call to Arms. By Andy Hall on March 16, 2014. On Sunday I was honored to give the address at the 45th Annual Dick Dowling Statue Ceremony in Houston. It was a fine time, full of good cheer and warmth despite the rain (which I understand to be traditional to the ceremony, as well). Descendants of Dick Dowling gather for the placement of a memorial wreath. Dick Dowling and the Immigrant’s Call to Arms.
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Defenders of Confederate Honour, Ctd. | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Defenders of Confederate Honour, Ctd. By Andy Hall on June 27, 2015. Early Saturday morning, an activist named Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole on the grounds of the State House in Columbia, South Carolina and removed the Confederate flag flying there. She and at least one other accomplice were quickly arrested, as I’m sure they expected to be. They’re currently facing a misdemeanor charge of defacing a monument. She must be a stri...
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Charleston: Five Important Reads | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Charleston: Five Important Reads. By Andy Hall on June 23, 2015. If you’re not completely exhausted and burned out by the coverage of events of the past few days in Charleston (and Columbia), I’d like to recommend five essays that are worth your time. Ta-Nehesi Coates: What this Cruel War was Over. It is difficult for modern Americans to understand such militant commitment to the bondage of others. But at $3.5 billion. Paul Mullins,...
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African Americans | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Juneteenth, History and Tradition. Posted in African Americans. By Andy Hall on June 19, 2016. This post originally appeared here on June 19, 2010.]. 8220;Emancipation” by Thomas Nast. Ohio State University. Juneteenth has come again, and (quite rightly) the. Galveston County Daily News. Why is a national celebration for an event that occurred in Galveston and originally affected only those in a single state such a good idea? For th...
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Supremes Strike Down Texas SCV Plates | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Supremes Strike Down Texas SCV Plates. By Andy Hall on June 18, 2015. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held today that specialty license plates are a form of government speech:. This is not an outcome I expected. Laquo; Juneteenth, History and Tradition. Charleston: Five Important Reads. Subscribe to comments with RSS. Said, on June 18, 2015 at 11:02 am. Wow Brace yourself for the storm of protests and screaming flaggers. I am a...
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Forrest Park | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog. Return Forrest to Elmwood Cemetery. By Andy Hall on July 2, 2015. Last week Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton called for the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, his wife, and the monument that stands above them, to be returned to the city’s Elmwood Cemetery. At Elmwood, he and Mary Ann would lie again among twelve hundred other Confederate soldiers. Perhaps it’s not mere coincidence that the statue’s bronze gaze has been fixed ...And like ...
