#Confederacy

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johnastoehr

Over the last four years, the Republicans played with dynamite. Now they’re shocked it blew off their hands.We're all Georgians now by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/were-all-georgians-now?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&

Aldous Huxley's Ghost™

AF632

Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army that fought and defeated the Confederacy. 18th President of the United States of America. Created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted

Will McAvoy

WillMcAvoyACN

Okay, let's talk about Robert Smalls, since it seems a high percentage of my followers don't know who he is.If I do my job right, then by the end of

Otis W. Pickett

OtisWPickett

Feeling a lot of emotions. Tomorrow will be my first day as a Mississippian that I will wake up and not live under a banner of the Confederacy as the

Ryan Grim

ryangrim

People on here, including, apparently, lurkers like @BarackObama, are confused about the 20th Century party realignment, and that has led them to a confused understanding of politics today. The myth

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

So, if I'm understanding Left Twitter today, there are people out there arguing because the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots allied together, that means that the Boogaloos should

Daniel Schultz

pastordan

Funny story associated with this...https://twitter.com/pastordan/status/1274400812626849793 Ever wonder why Mary is so venerated in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths? Well, among many other reasons, it's because Byzantine emperors tried

Philip Gorski

GorskiPhilip

1/ #ChristianNationalism vs. Civil Religion ReduxAs @JohnDCarlson and @CTMathewes have rightly noted, Biden's inaugural address was a civil religious one grounded in Augustine's political theology. 2/ Perhaps that is why

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

1. Thread. The "Lost Cause" view of the Civil War. The Lost Cause is a pervasive and persistent myth about the Civil War, one that is still promulgated by many

Michael Livingston

medievalguy

Let me tell you about five numbers that haunt me: 35, 40, 30, 20, and 15 — the ages of five slaves recorded in the Slave Schedule of the 1850

Andrew Carter

_andrewcarter

I spent some time today reading The NandO archives from May, 1895, when the Confederate Monument was dedicated here. Read coverage of that and from the days surrounding the dedication.

Michael Tae Sweeney

mtsw

Genuinely couldn't be less concerned about possible revolutionary overreach w/r/t statue toppling. I agree that it's pretty dumb to topple a statue of US Grant in the name of anti-racism,

🦒 Espo

Esposition

THREADRecently, Governor @dougducey called for a “public process” to decide the fate of the confederate monument at Arizona’s Capitol. Here’s my best attempt at piecing together some of the history.

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9156 years since General William Sherman and 60,000 Union soldiers captured Savannah. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” devastated both the Confederacy and much of Georgia. Sherman reaching Savannah was the

Catfish_Johnson

Catfish39701663

Our "president" could have never gotten a job in a bank, post office, the police dept., or any other job that requires a background check. He was just bragging about

Annie Gabston-Howell-

AnnieGabstonH

This thread is for me. I intend to bookmark it and tweet it to the Trumpers who want to 'educate' me about stuff. I'll do it at the first sign

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