From Abe Lincoln To Charlie Kirk: The Ugly History Of Celebrating DeathMark PowellSeptember 14, 2025September 16, 2025 by Mark PowellSeptember 14, 2025September 16, 2025 "Perhaps this is to be expected from a generation that increasingly views murder as an acceptable avenue for silencing those with opposing views..."...
Palmetto Past & Present: Heroism, Human Shields And The Immortal 600Mark PowellJuly 31, 2025August 3, 2025 by Mark PowellJuly 31, 2025August 3, 2025 "It's easy to romanticize the Civil War as a chivalrous affair, the final swords and roses struggle of a bygone age. The reality was anything...
Palmetto Past & Present: Fort Sumter’s Two SurrendersMark PowellApril 14, 2025May 8, 2025 by Mark PowellApril 14, 2025May 8, 2025 How the bluster of a hotheaded South Carolina "colonel" nearly extended the first engagement in the War Between the States....
Palmetto Past & Present: How Columbia Became the Confederacy’s Currency CapitalMark PowellNovember 26, 2024December 3, 2024 by Mark PowellNovember 26, 2024December 3, 2024 Fire up the presses!...
Palmetto Past & Present: Bully BrooksMark PowellAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 by Mark PowellAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 Political violence in America is nothing new, even if its methods have changed......
Palmetto Past & Present: The Incredible Francis CardozoMark PowellJuly 10, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellJuly 10, 2024August 7, 2024 The remarkable tale of America's first black state elected official ......
Palmetto Past & Present: The South Carolina Woman Who Saved Mount VernonMark PowellMarch 29, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellMarch 29, 2024August 7, 2024 Ann Pamela Cunningham isn’t a household name ... but maybe she should be....
Prioleau Alexander: A (Probably) Satirical Peek At America’s Next Civil WarE Prioleau AlexanderFebruary 26, 2024June 3, 2024 by E Prioleau AlexanderFebruary 26, 2024June 3, 2024 Trillions of rounds of ammo versus decades of "assault tears ..."...
Palmetto Past & Present: Who Really Fired The First Shots Of The Civil War?Mark PowellJanuary 8, 2024June 3, 2024 by Mark PowellJanuary 8, 2024June 3, 2024 "South Carolinians were itching for a fight ..."...
Mark Powell’s Palmetto Past & Present: The Angel Of Marye’s HeightsMark PowellMay 26, 2023June 5, 2024 by Mark PowellMay 26, 2023June 5, 2024 "A hero all South Carolinians can be proud of ..."...