Editor’s note: While searching through The Leader’s archives recently we found the original story published when the county’s Confederate monument was unveiled on the square. Dated May 29, 1895, the paper included an illustration of the monument and more than 2,600 words about the event. The story appears below, unedited and in its entirety, with the purpose of providing more … [Read more...] about In 1895, the Confederate monument in Covington was unveiled – here’s the story of how it came to be
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Remembering Pearl Harbor: Charleston brothers Bill Jim and Rob Roy Davis survived the attack
Charleston natives Bill Jim Davis and his brother, Rob Roy, were stationed aboard the USS Helena when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. It started out as a regular day, Bill Jim has recalled. "We were tied up at a dock there at Pearl Harbor and, normally on Sunday, there was a boy there at the dock who sold a Sunday paper," he said in a video promoting … [Read more...] about Remembering Pearl Harbor: Charleston brothers Bill Jim and Rob Roy Davis survived the attack
