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Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Oakdale Cemetery
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 9:40 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Invite those who hold the South dear, to honor those who gave their all to protect those that they loved from the tyranny of invasion and occupation, to participate in a memorial service at the Confederate Monument in Oakdale Cemetery
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022 @ 9:05 am
By: Charles Philip Williams
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Veterans Day is a festive celebration by those who returned, married, had kids, worked and retired. We are the one who have reunions and share photos and stories.
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 7:45 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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The hotly debated issue of renaming 10 Army installations honoring Confederate generals was a key sticking point in the 2021 defense policy bill -- and may still earn the bill a veto from President Donald Trump.
Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 @ 10:57 am
By: George H. Schryer
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A new poll by the very liberal Washington Post and ABC News shows that a majority of Americans oppose removal of Confederate monuments.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 12:08 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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The League of United Latin American Citizens has been pushing to have Fort Hood renamed in his honor.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: George H. Schryer
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Mob violence seems to be the rule across the nation’s historic landmarks, indiscriminately tearing down or vandalizing everything from Gen. U.S. Grant to Cervantes to monuments to the “Greatest Generation.”
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 8:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the wake of the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota last month, there has been a massive spike in statues to historical figures who have been dubbed “offensive” by the left being torn down.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2020 @ 10:47 pm
By: LifeZette
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement about Confederate monuments on Capitol grounds
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2020 @ 10:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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The president is not a fan of rewriting history.
Published: Saturday, June 13th, 2020 @ 7:26 am
By: LifeZette
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He says it is a symbol of division.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:24 am
By: LifeZette
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Silent Sam may soon find a new home nowhere near the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In case you've missed, there has been yet another controversy brewing over a Confederate statue, this one in Winston-Salem.
Published: Sunday, January 13th, 2019 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In response to the toppling in August of the Confederate Monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chancellor Carol Folt and other UNC leaders have proposed a controversial solution: a new $5.3 million building on campus that will cost $800,000 a year to operate
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Let's be honest. The toppling of the Confederate monuments, the demonization of the Confederate battle flag, the vilification of the names and memories of our treasured white Founding Fathers (and especially anyone of them who happened to own a slave), and the erasing of our history.
Published: Friday, September 21st, 2018 @ 9:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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After a historic protest that ended in the illegal takedown of Silent Sam, a Confederate statue at UNC-Chapel Hill, the university faces tough inquiries about campus security and law enforcement
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians tell people what they want to hear. Leaders tell people what they need to hear, even if they don't want to listen
Published: Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Board of Trustees for UNC-Chapel Hill will make suggestions by Nov. 15 about what to do with Silent Sam, the campus’s controversial Confederate statue torn down by protesters, members of the university system’s Board of Governors say
Published: Monday, September 3rd, 2018 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commission: State Should Augment Confederate Monuments at Capitol with Inclusive Historical TributesThe N.C. Historical Commission said it is hamstrung by state law and a legislature that won't allow controversial Confederate monuments on the old Capitol grounds in Raleigh to be moved
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement in response to today's Historical Commission meeting
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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I studied history at a college with a Confederate soldier monument during the biggest progressive social upheaval since the 1960's
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2018 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If critics of Confederate monuments truly want to accomplish their goal of removing such objects from the public square, I'm a good example of the kind of person they ought to be trying to persuade
Published: Saturday, August 18th, 2018 @ 2:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas poll of North Carolina likely voters reveals how voters feel about local and national issues, including school choice, the Confederate monument controversy, and partisan politics
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 @ 1:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What Do Schools Teach about N.C. Monuments and Statues?
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 10:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Suggesting Gov. Roy Cooper belongs to a group of "opportunistic politicians trying to drive a wedge further between us," on Thursday Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, offered his first detailed response to the week's protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Durham
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a post on the Medium.com website, on Tuesday Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper called for the removal or relocation of monuments honoring Confederates from state property
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a new Medium post, Governor Roy Cooper today shared his thoughts on North Carolina’s confederate monuments
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 11:59 am
By: Governor's Office
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When the oppressed take over from the oppressor, they usually remove all the statues and reminders of their former masters.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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William Ellison Jr., born April Ellison, (c. April 1790 - December 5, 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, a free Negro and former slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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After a digilent search throught his Ancestory.com files, Bobby Tony finds a few rebels in the tree.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 9:39 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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We know it’s a major component of the left’s campaign strategy for 2016: demagogue the Confederate flag and make Southern Republicans PROVE they are not racists. It’s a move that would make Big Barry and Saul Alinsky’s rotting corpse proud.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 12:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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