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South Carolina

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4. North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia also

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 07:09 PM

Mar 2022

celebrate Confederate Memorial Day on May 10. Southerners claim they're celebrating the day Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died, after being wounded by his own troops, and the day Union soldiers captured fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Not much to celebrate, if you ask me. However, John Wilkes Booth was born on that date, so maybe that's what the festivities are all about.

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The South Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow state employees [View all] elleng Mar 2022 OP

Surprising underpants Mar 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2022 #2

Be on the lookout for flying pigs. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2022 #3

North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia also sop Mar 2022 #4

Some in NC may celebrate but not a state holiday unc70 Mar 2022 #5