By Dr. Boyd Cathey Back on March 6 in this series I wrote a column detailing what had occurred at the 31st Annual Confederate Flag Day ceremony this year, March 2 at the State Capitol in Raleigh Almost immediately that installment of MY CORNER was picked up by several online journals, including The Abbeville Institute,…
By Dr. Boyd Cathey Most every Thursday I gather with a group of friends for lunch at some restaurant in Raleigh. Among the group are three PhDs in history, and one who holds two masters degrees in history. All of us are former employees of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (now Natural and…
By Frank Powell Lately, it has been de rigueur for hysterical left-wing activists around the Triangle to slander the Sons of Confederate Veterans with fabricated charges of “white supremacy” and connections to the Ku Klux Klan. This strategy of lies is nothing more than an indication that these people have no logic or reason behind…
by Dr. Boyd D. Cathey For thirty-one years the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has sponsored annually Confederate Flag Day, an event commemorating our state’s rich history and Southern heritage, held in the House of Representatives chamber of the historic 1840 Tar Heel State Capitol. First proclaimed by former Governor James…