Confederate memorialization

The news of a well-organized band of protestors pulling down Silent Sam last week has launched another round of emotional debate over the handling of…

If you’ve listened to WHQR for any length of time, you probably know Philip Gerard as one of the regular commentators. But those three-and-a-half minute…

On November 15, 1864, William Tecumseh Sherman began his “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah. It was the beginning of a major blow to the…

Read the Transcript Here. Read the Emails Here.Within the City of Wilmington, statues and street names honoring key members of the Confederacy pepper the…

Cleve Callison is probably a name you associate with WHQR fundraising -- whether it’s the signature at the bottom of a donation request letter or the…

Listener Anna wrote concerning reporter Vince Winkel’s story about the dedication of a plaque on Confederate Memorial Day. I’ll quote it at some length:…

Confederate Memorial Day is a state holiday in North Carolina, officially observed on May 10. Six other states celebrate the holiday. It’s not without…

On the corner of Market and Third Streets, at the entrance to downtown Wilmington, there is a statue of George Davis. He was the last Confederate Attorney…

When the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse last year, it ignited a discussion in the American South about the…