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Dec 28 2023
News
As cities take down Confederate memorials, Florida bill seeks to stop them — and put the statues back up
Confederate monuments have come down in Orlando, Tampa and most recently Jacksonville as part of a nationwide reckoning with public memorials that commemorate the Confederacy. But if a bill becomes law next year, local leaders could be fined and even booted from office if they remove those monuments. State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, is pushing the measure to protect monuments, including
Orlando SentinelDec 18 2023
News
Army Begins Dismantling Arlington Cemetery Confederate Memorial Despite Opposition
• The Army began removing the Confederate reconciliation memorial from Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, despite opposition from lawmakers and some of the U.S. public. • Opponents of tearing it down say the memorial was intended to symbolize reconciliation between the North and South after the Civil War, and falls outside of Congress’ intent in ordering a review of Department of Defense
The Daily CallerJan 10 2024
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Virginia elects first Black speaker of the state House
The Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday swore in the chamber's first Black speaker in its 405-year history that included serving as the capital of the Confederacy, Delegate Don Scott, whose personal story includes an arrest for drugs, a federal prison sentence and a rise through the ranks of a company to ultimately return to practicing law. Scott, who represents a district that includes
NBC News (Online)Jan 24 2024
Opinion
New Hampshire revealed America’s true divide
New Hampshire, then, was far from Donald Trump’s difficult second album. If anything, it was another performance of his Greatest Hits. His path to the White House is firmly in sight; Nikki Haley’s primary challenge, by contrast, has been rendered all but nominal.
After Trump scored his first thumping victory in the Iowa caucuses, widespread concern about his looming presidency
UnHerdDec 28 2023
News
Democratic Jacksonville mayor removes Confederate statue, skirting City Council approval
Democratic Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Donna Deegan announced on Wednesday the "Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy" statue in the city was removed. The statue, which had been in place at Springfield Park in Jacksonville since 1915, has become the latest Confederate statue to be removed from a public area. Deegan, who was elected to the mayor's office earlier this year, said in a
Washington ExaminerDec 30 2023
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Jacksonville's Democrat mayor celebrates removing women’s history statue
Wednesday’s “celebration” in Jacksonville, Florida, where recently elected Mayor Donna Deegan unilaterally tore down two bronze post-Civil War statues that leftists had deemed racist, was Orwellian politics at its worst. The statues were collectively named “Tribute to the Women of Southern Confederacy and included a robed woman carrying a Confederate flag and a woman reading to two children,
American ThinkerDec 29 2023
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Nikki Haley's slavery remark trashed by Civil War historians
A controversial explanation for the cause of the American Civil War given by Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has been soundly rejected by two prominent historians, with one telling Newsweek that the former South Carolina governor's initial failure to mention slavery is "the kind of thing southern [white] politicians have been doing ever since the Confederacy lost." Haley was asked
NewsweekDec 29 2023
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Jacksonville Pulls Down Confederate Women Statue in DeSantis’s Florida.
A 98-year-old Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy statue has been pulled from its pedestal in Jacksonville, Florida, with Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan its removal “signal[s] a belief in our shared humanity”. “Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be,” Deegan said, claiming the statue’s removal was “not in any way an attempt to erase history but
The National PulseDec 28 2023
News
FL Confederate Monument Removed In $187K Project
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced a large statue and a smaller statue in the Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy memorial were removed with grant money through the Jessie Ball duPont Fund and anonymous donors by way of 904Ward. Deegan said a plaque was also removed, and engravings of a pedestal were covered with temporary plaques. The price tag for the project was $187,000
Patch.comFeb 05 2024
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Did Slavery Cause the Civil War?
Many Americans have conflicting opinions on the main cause of the American Civil War, which can fuel misleading narratives on the issue.
These contrasting viewpoints can be sorted into two basic camps: those who believe a desire for strengthened states' rights caused the Civil War, and those who believe the war was started solely — or most centrally — in defense of slavery. One 2023
AllSides Staff