Running the Blockade: New News About an Old War.
1. TOO MUCH CIVIL WAR NEWS?-- I can't help but feel a bit buried in the avalanche of Civil War articles following the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter. This is something I can live with.
2. CSS ALABAMA CANNON-- One of the two cannons raised from the Confederate raider CSS Alabama was put on display recently at the underwater sea laboratory in North Charleston where the submarine H.L. Hunley is being restored. One was sent to Mobile last year.
The wreck was discovered in 1984 and the cannons raised in 2001.
3. TAX DELAY-- The reason why we did not pay taxes Friday as the final day dates back to the Civil War and the day slaves were freed in Washington, DC, April 15, 1862, a full year after the Civil War began. Makes you wonder why they weren't freed right away.
Delay My Taxes, Please. --Old B-Runner
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