Come join us at the annual reenactment of the Battle of Ocean Pond or as it as sometimes known, The Battle of Olustee!   The battle was the largest land encounter fought in Florida during the Civil War.  It was fought in February of 1864 and was a Confederate victory.  The battle repulsed an [...]

     Earlier this month I wrote about the statue of Jefferson Davis that the Sons of Confederate Veterans wanted to give to the state of Mississippi to be display on the statehouse grounds.  You can find that post by clicking here.  It turns out that if the statue won’t be displayed at the Capitol it [...]

     Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is almost universally admired as one of the greatest presidents of the United States and worshipped by some as “The Great Emancipator”,  almost as if he was sent from above to bring about the abolishment of slavery. Neither of these popular beliefs [...]