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Jefferson Davis’ life still holds lessons
He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky, grew up to be president and led his nation through a bitter Civil War. No, not Abraham Lincoln. The other guy: Jefferson Davis. The 200th birthday of the only...
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A short walk shows Lexington’s Civil War divisions
I first became fascinated with Civil War history as a boy in the 1960s, soon after the centennial celebration. Many of the books I found in the Lexington Public Library — then located in the...
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Move Jefferson Davis’ statue from state Capitol to a museum
The young, white thug who sat for an hour in a prayer meeting at a South Carolina church, then pulled a gun and murdered nine black worshipers, touted his racism by posting a picture of himself online...
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History shouldn’t be erased, but made more accurate and complete
The statue of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan was erected in front of the old Fayette County Courthouse in 1911 at the behest of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Taxpayers paid $7,500 of the...
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If we can’t face facts about the Civil War, how can we ever deal with modern...
You have to wonder: With all of the challenges our state and nation faces, why do we still spend so much time arguing about the Civil War? Well, there are a couple of reasons. The first reason is that...
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