Sir Walter Raleigh – Today In Southern History

Mar 25, 2026

1634 - English settlers desiring religious freedom landed at St. Clement’s Island in the colony of Maryland, under the leadership Cecil Calvert.
1655 – Puritans jailed Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland.
1713 – European and Indian forces under general James Moore, son of South Carolina Governor James Mooreattack the Tuscarora fort of Nohoroco, North Carolina. In the fighting 192 Tuscarora are killed, and almost 400 taken prisoner. After this defeat, the Tuscarora cease to be a threat in North Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress authorized a medal for General George Washington.
1865 – Confederate forces captured Fort Stedman in Virginia.
1905 – Confederate battle flags that were captured during the War of Northern Aggression were returned to the Southern States.
1931 – The Scottsboro Boys, five young black men accused of raping a white woman, were arrested in Scotsboro, Alabama.
1941 – The first paprika mill was incorporated in Dollon, South Carolina.
1965 – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.

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