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Civil War Living History event today with a skirmish on Saturday

The Alabama Historical Commission and the Confederate Memorial Park are hosting their Annual Civil War Living History and Saturday Skirmish on Saturday, Today’s event begins at 9:00 am today and lasts until 1:00 pm. Saturday’s event will be from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday. Both will be held at Alabama’s Confederate Memorial Park … Continued
April 26, 2019

This is the anniversary of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1 through 3 in 1863. In the summer of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. At the same time another Confederate army was under siege and being starved into submission at Vicksburg. Lee hoped to capitalize on recent Confederate … Continued
July 2, 2018

Council on American-Islamic Relations’ leaders to attend opening of lynching memorial

Dozens of leaders from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights advocacy group in the U.S., will join other prominent national civil rights and government leaders at the opening of the Memorial for Peace and Justice on Thursday. The Memorial for Peace and Justice is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the … Continued
April 25, 2018

Today is Robert E. Lee’s birthday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, January 15, 2018, is celebrated across the state of Alabama as General Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Generations of Alabamians have revered the Virginian who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the War Between the States. Lee was born on Jan. 19, 1807. His father, Henry “Light-Horse Harry” … Continued
January 15, 2018

154th Anniversary of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter One hundred and fifty-four years ago, one southern army was throwing its best troops at Union lines that would not buckle under the weight of the massed Confederate might. Meanwhile, another large Confederate Army was trapped in Vicksburg and was slowly starving. By the Fourth of July, Lee’s Army … Continued
June 30, 2017

Today is Confederate Memorial Day

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, April 24, 2017, is Confederate Memorial Day. State offices are closed in remembrance of the soldiers and sailors who died defending the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. The President of the Southern Historical Protection Group Mike Williams said in a … Continued
April 24, 2017

Robert E. Lee Event on Saturday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Sons of Confederate Veterans are honoring the life of General Robert E. Lee on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the State Archives building in Montgomery. The group announced in a statement, “Come Celebrate ROBERT E. LEE DAY January 21st at the Archives auditorium we will celebrate Robert … Continued
January 20, 2017

Confederate Monuments Bill Dies in the House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 4, the Alabama Legislature was meeting for the last time of the 2016 legislative session. The House was passing Senate bills and the Senate House bills. One of the last issues before the legislature was the Alabama Monument and Heritage Act of 2016, SB13. The Monuments Bill … Continued
May 6, 2016

Will Monument Bill Get on the House Calendar?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 3, is the next to last day in the 2016 legislative session and supporters of the Alabama Monument and Heritage Act of 2016, SB13, are still hoping that the House leadership will put the legislation on the House calendar. Alabama Sons of Confederate Veterans Alabama Division Adjutant … Continued
May 3, 2016