He does indeed. Born in Edgefield County, S.C., close by the Georgia line, Strom (rhymes with plum) Thurmond is the grandson of a Confederate corporal, the son of a judge and local Democratic leader.

Strom Thurmond, Confederate general and former Gov. Wade Hampton and President George Washington, who will also be in the sightline of the Smalls statue, said Mike Shealy, the chairman of the ...

In explaining his notorious tribute to Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign ... than removing slavery and treason from the Confederate cause. Lott himself exposed the weakness of this ...

We don't know what Strom Thurmond would have done if Trent Lott's dream of his ... blessed Southern segregation and disenfranchisement and romanticized the confederate soldiers of the "Lost Cause," so ...

Strom Thurmond in the early 1970s. He’s one of the few Republicans left in office who has lost to a Democrat. McMaster took on U.S. Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings in 1986 and was trounced.

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them. The holidays were adopted by ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has issued a public statement and “Dear Colleague” letter to all California local educational agencies (LEAs), in response to the ...

Suzuki have unveiled the new colour options available on their V-Strom 650 and SV650 for 2021. The models’ long-lived V-twin engine has also been tweaked to make it through Euro5 emissions ...

Price: The 2025 Suzuki V-Strom SX is priced at Rs 2,16,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi) Features: The V-Strom 250 SX borrows its LED headlight and halogen indicators from the Gixxer 250. It gets a ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in ...

Critics such as Senator Strom Thurmond lambasted the decision of President Jimmy Carter to give the canal zone away as shortsighted, stupid and driven by decolonial fervor. This has only been borne ...