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As Harris says, that was just the appetizer at their first stop, Johnny Reb’s True South.
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Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
No, Caroline always contained the image of a toppled and beheaded Confederate memorial, a Johnny Reb statue turning a bilious copper green in the wet Louisiana air.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
On a Southern Civil War monument, that soldier would be a stern Johnny Reb.
—The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
Now, the Chapmans are spearheading an effort to put a monument to the Lovings at Main Street and Commercial Place, where Johnny Reb once stood.
—Ryan Murphy, Washington Post, 11 July 2020
As a newcomer to Texas that year, I was flabbergasted by the students’ waving of a Confederate flag, by its spirit team name — Johnny Reb — and by the school’s Rebel mascot.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
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Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
No, Caroline always contained the image of a toppled and beheaded Confederate memorial, a Johnny Reb statue turning a bilious copper green in the wet Louisiana air.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
On a Southern Civil War monument, that soldier would be a stern Johnny Reb.
—The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
Now, the Chapmans are spearheading an effort to put a monument to the Lovings at Main Street and Commercial Place, where Johnny Reb once stood.
—Ryan Murphy, Washington Post, 11 July 2020
As a newcomer to Texas that year, I was flabbergasted by the students’ waving of a Confederate flag, by its spirit team name — Johnny Reb — and by the school’s Rebel mascot.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
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“Johnny Reb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Johnny%20Reb. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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