Southern Independence Day – Today In Southern History
22 February 1861
On this date in 1862…
The second and permanent Confederate Congress officially adopted this date for formation of the CSA to honor the 130th anniversary of George Washington’s birthday. (Washington is prominently featured on the Great Seal of the Confederate States)
Other Years:
1732 – First U.S. President and Revelotionary War Commander George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1819 – The U.S. and Spain signed the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, ceding Florida to the U.S. and setting a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. (Mexico including Texas)
1821 – Spain officially ceded East Florida to the United States for $5 million.
1862 – President Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the official President of the Confederate States of America.
1865 – Wilmington, North Carolina fell to federal troops.
1865 – Occupied Tennessee adopted its reconstruction constitution and abolished slavery
1944 – Cherokee First Lieutenant Jack C. Montgomery, with the Forty-fifth Infantry, Oklahoma National Guard near Padiglione, Italy, Montgomery single-handedly attacked German positions, killing eleven enemy soldiers and taking dozens of prisoners for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1946 – The first attack of the still-unsolved “Phantom” serial-murders occurred in Texarkana on the Arkansas-Texas border.
1959 – Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500.
2010 – Arkansas-based Walmart announced it was acquiring the video streaming company Vudu, Inc.
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By the time the civil war came into force, the North was in the process of being swallowed up by foreign influence. The South was actually attempting to save the country; at most, there were 10-15% of the North who wished to abolish slavery and only 1/10 of that small percentage were adamant about slavery.
There was no boycotting the South’s products, in fact, Britain and the North wanted more and more. It was only a handful of people that caused all the damage… which is exactly what is happening today. The banning of statues, military bases and other references to the South, isn’t organic, it’s by purposeful design. President Trump is doing what he can to bring back the country via returning the Southern heritage… minus the slaves.