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On this day, February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama at the state Capitol.

This morning at the Statehouse directly behind that same Capitol, the
Remnant of that Cause for which Mr. Davis never apologized will sit in on a Finance and Taxation Education Committee where five of them will hopefully get to speak in opposition to Senate Bill 301 which will, if it becomes law, remove Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday--a day to honor 30,000 Alabamians who fell defending Alabama, the U.S. Constitution and liberty.
Senate Bill 301 was sponsored by three Republican Senators: Waggoner,
Ervin and Myers.

Freedoms are not lost in one fell swoop, but piece-meal.
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144 years ago, last month....BULL RUN

PROCEEDINGS
One hundred and forty-four years ago last month, the
first major battle of the WBTS had
been joined on a small stream named Bull Run, outside
Washington D.C. As the fighting neared its climax, a
Confederate staff officer galloped his horse up Henry
Hill and hailed Brigadier General Thomas Jackson. He
shouted above the din of cannon and musketry, "Sir, I
fear the battle is lost."

Jackson, astride his horse near the crest of the
ridge watching the advancing Union brigades, looked
over his shoulder at his own brigade of Virginians on
the reverse slope, lying prone but at the ready. He
then turned his gaze on the officer and responded in a
low voice, "You may think it, Sir, but you had best
not say it to those troops!"

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/front2453670.0222222223.html

 

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Gore And Folklore Tour

War and gore at the Confederate museum
The State - Columbia,SC
Here it is -- the perfect Halloween event for history
buffs: the "Gore and Folklore" tour at the SC
Confederate Relic Room and Museum. ...

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/12997829.htm

 

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TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY Oct. 28th

Today in Military History- 28 October
Born
1793 Eliphalet Remington, gunsmith

1810 Adley Hogan Gladden, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1862

1834 Dudley McIver DuBose, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1883

Event
312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge: Constantine defeats
Maxentius

1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to
New Jersey

1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton
gin

1835 Mission Concepcion: c. 100 Texians route c. 250
Mexican troops

1864 Battle of Wauhatchie, TN

1922 Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy

1940 FDR, "Republicans . . . after opposing rearmament
for years, are now protesting that the United States
is too weak."

1940 Italy invades Greece from Albania

1944 Kamikaze draw first blood, U.s. cruiser is
damaged.

1962 Khrushchev orders missiles out of from Cuba,
ending Missile Crisis

1965 Paul VI declares the Jewish do not bear
collective guilt for the Crucifixion

http://www.strategypage.com/militaryhistory.asp