Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas Grandson (excitedly): “Wait, I think I know!: was it black-eyed peas?” Grandpa: “Yes, that’s right. Although our ancestors from those days usually called them by other names such as ‘cornfield peas’ or ‘cow peas.’” Grandson: “Why did they call them that?” Grandpa: “They called them cow peas because they fed them to their cattle and…
Category: Southern Nationalism
Never Forget What They Have Done
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History This piece goes hand in hand with my most recent essay entitled The Unappointed Gatekeepers of History.
The Unappointed Gatekeepers of History
A Tactical Hermit Original Essay “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell, 1984 After the removal of the last Confederate statue in Richmond, Virginia I was reminded of a conversation I had back in 2015 with a mentor and family friend who was a…
Know Your Confederate History: Col. John S. Mosby, CSA
“My purpose was to weaken the armies invading Virginia, by harassing their rear… to destroy supply trains, to break up the means of conveying intelligence, and thus isolating an army from its base, as well as its different corps from each other, to confuse their plans by capturing their dispatches, are the objects of…