Lee Monument Lives: Now What?

ANALYSIS and OPINION Amazingly, the statues of Robert E. Lee and many other Confederate generals and leaders are alive at Richmond’s Wastewater Treatement Plant.  Now that we’ve had time to think, what should be done?  We have definite ideas and we state them in the video below. But first: WE PROFOUNDLY THANK THE BLACK HISTORY Read More …

Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020?

Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020?   (OPINION)   Is it wise for a political candidate to support reparation payments to Black Americans to atone for the sins of slavery?   Currently there are a few candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination who support paying Black Americans reparations as compensation, presumably Read More …

Part 3: North Anna Battlefield

From Jericho Mill, on the far western part of battlefield, to the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad crossing at the far eastern end, the area where the battle was fought measures about six miles long. In addition, troops built trenches and battled a mile or more south of the river itself. This, however, is only the southern portion of the battlefield, all of which is in Hanover County.  Henagan’s Redoubt, Grant’s headquarters and the area where Grant’s army gathered and ultimately built trenches north of the river is also large.  Those areas, however, are all located in Caroline County. Read More …