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For the past 150-some years, while the Confederate battle flag has monopolized attention with its corrosive symbolism and inflammatory bluster, a different, largely unknown Confederate flag -- the Confederate Flag of Truce, which the South used in the process of surrendering to the North -- has been quietly waiting for its moment in the spotlight. That moment is now.Hoping to start a new conversation around the Civil War artifact, textile and social practice artist Sonya Clark has conceived a ma …

According to dictionary.com, a democracy is defined as a “government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.” The related words that follow this term are “justice, freedom, equality, etc.,” which are the things we hold dear as American people. It is “a system of the people run by the people for the people.”If we the people do not show up to vote, our democracy i …

July 29th is the anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. The Chaplain Corps has been an important part of the military since the beginning of the country and continues to fill a vital role as spiritual advisors within the armed forces.Primary Duties of a ChaplainChaplains are charged with seeing after the spiritual welfare of the soldiers in the military. Chaplains are non-combat personnel, like medics. U.S. Army chaplains are not allowed to be armed in combat. Chaplains con …