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Dixie Heritage Newsletter - Fri, Jun 22, 2018 In Dallas the effort to take down the city's remaining Confederate memorials hit an unexpected snag after three of the four black City Council members voted to keep the main memorial up. Reported when the city got rid of its statue of Robert E. Lee [...]
Dixie Heritage News - Friday, June 15, 2018 CONFEDERATE CANDIDATE WINS SENATE PRIMARY While national Republicans are likely to distance themselves from Corey Stewart - the GOP nominee in Virginia's Senate race who has embraced Confederate symbols, President Trump congratulated Stewart on his win with the following Wednesday morning TWEET: "Congratulations to [...]
Dixie Heritage News - Friday, June 8, 2018 Another Brick in the Wall A report, released Monday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), shows that 110 Confederate monuments have been removed nationwide since 2015 when a shooting at a black church in South Carolina. Shortly after the alleged shooting by Dylann Roof, [...]
War Crimes Against Southern Civilians By Stephen Hendrick June 5, 2018 A Review of War Crimes Against Southern Civilians by Walter Brian Cisco (Pelican, 2007). Walter Brian Cisco is lifelong scholar of American Civil War history, a professional writer, and researcher with many respected publications on the subject including States Rights Gist: [...]
Dixie Heritage News - Friday, Jun 1, 2018 Remembering Georgia's Veterans DEADLINE EXTENDED The Commission studying what to do with Richmond, Virginia's prominent Confederate monuments has been given another month to complete its report. The Commission convened last year by Mayor Levar Stoney has been holding work sessions to weigh the [...]
Dixie Heritage News - Friday, May 25, 2018 THE ART OF THE DEAL Not satisfied with the desecration of the Lee Chapel, prohibiting Confederate Memorial Services on the grounds, and caving in to every single demand of the 6 law students several years ago, the new President of Washington and Lee University in Lexington [...]
Confederate flag display during Viera High graduation being reviewed by school officials J.D. Gallop, FLORIDA TODAY May 22, 2018 Confederate flag is a controversial symbol of slavery and a bow to heritage to others. Brevard County Public School officials say a group of attendees at Viera High School's graduation ceremony Saturday raised [...]
HK Edgerton 'Calls Out" Fort Myers NAACP President Over Robert E. Lee Bust Press Release - May 21, 2018 For Immediate Release Media Contact: David McCallister 813-778-1202 Email: floridasshe@gmail.com Fort Myers - "A Liar". At tonigh's City Council Meeting HK Edgerton, himself a past president of a NAACP Branch, called James Muwakkil [...]
Maine man defends flying Confederate flag at business May 15, 2018 NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — A Maine man is defending his right to fly the Confederate flag. Charles Verrill, of New Gloucester is facing backlash on social media for flying the flag at his business on Route 100. Some people on Facebook have [...]
Dixie Heritage News - Friday, May 18, 2018 CONNECTING THE DOTS A judge has ruled the removal of three Confederate statues from public parks in Memphis, Tennessee, is legal. Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle in Nashville ruled Wednesday that the relocation of statues of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and [...]
