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Jac VerSteegJuly 12, 2015

Expect to see the Confederate flag back in the Florida Capitol as an unwanted Christmas present. How? Consider this item from the Broward/Palm Beach New Times. Writer Chris Joseph details plans by Chaz Stevens, described as “a Deerfield Beach activist and blogger,” to erect an elaborate Festivus pole this Christmas in the Capitol Rotunda. Stevens […]

Diane RobertsJune 26, 2015

I am the descendant of at least 10 Confederate soldiers. A few owned slaves; most did not. One great-great-grandfather fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Another survived the Siege of Petersburg. So don’t throw the Y-word at me. Don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand all too well. The Confederate battle flag is […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2015

In the wake of the racist terrorist attack on nine black people at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina last week, there has been a renewed focus on the divisiveness of the Confederate flag,which currently flies on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol. Meanwhile the biggest Confederate flag in the world (according to its […]

Susan ClaryFebruary 16, 2015

I finally saw “Selma.” The Oscar-nominated film depicts Dr. Martin Luther King’s push for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – the federal legislation that was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Many protesters, both black and white, were sacrificed during the brutal efforts to make the 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, […]

Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2013

Almost 150 years after the guns fell silent at the Battle of Olustee, it seemed as if the Civil War never quite ended, that the lessons of the past have been lost on those who claim the legacy of that American misadventure. Just look at the brewing controversy over plans to erect a Union monument […]

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Jac Wilder VerSteeg: This Christmas, we could be walkin’ in a Rebel wonderland

Diane Roberts: Take it down already!

Kathy Castor says she hates Tampa’s Confederate flag

Susan Clary: Future 'Selma' will depict gay-rights struggle

Andrew Skerritt: Sad battle being waged over Union memorial at Olustee