Sewell votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
The bill will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
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See recent postsIn Alabama, why is cruelty always the choice?
"Time and again, instead of understanding, Alabama reaches for cruelty in an effort to chase away anyone that's different."
Group threatens to turn stolen Jefferson Davis monument into toilet
A group claiming responsibility for the March theft of the chair from a Selma cemetery wants a banner hung to commemorate the South's surrender.
Bill filed to remove Confederate battle flag from Alabama’s state coat-of-arms
The current coat of arms contains a shield adorned with all five flags that have flown over the state.
Palmer and Sewell vote for NDAA
The bill authorizes $732 billion in discretionary spending for national defense.
Sewell applauds House vote to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Hill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of H.R. 7573, a bill to remove several Confederate statues from places of prominence on Capitol Hill in Washington, by a margin of 305 to 113. Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell applauded passage of the bill. The bill replaces the bust in the Old Supreme Court … Continued
Sessions slams Jones for voting to rename military bases
Friday, former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) released a statement criticizing Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) voting to rename every American military base and every military item that is named for Southern soldiers who fought for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War: “The vote by Senator Doug Jones to remove from all military … Continued
Protestors deface Confederate monument in Birmingham
Angry protesters on Sunday tried to destroy a Confederate monument in Linn Park in Birmingham and successfully tore down a statue. The protesters defaced the Confederate monument, chipped away part of the concrete and pulled the wooden barrier off the base, according to WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham. The protestors successfully pulled down a statue … Continued
Thursday is the 156th anniversary of the end of the siege at Vicksburg
On July 4, 1863 Confederate Lieutenant General John Pemberton surrendered the Mississippi town of Vicksburg and the Confederate fortifications there to Major General Ulysses S. Grant. The fall of Vicksburg combined with the fall of Port Hudson five days later gave the Union Army complete control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in … Continued
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought 156 years ago today
On July 1, 1863 the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia met the Union Amy of the Potomac at the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This was the second time that Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded the Northern states. Lee hoped to defeat the Union army on Northern soil, in hopes that it would force the … Continued