PCA 2021: Battleground Cigar Co.
Battleground Cigar Co. has a very recognizable booth, but one I’ve interestingly never been inside before. The way that we cover the trade show, generally we don’t have much time for exploration outside of what we’re covering, and this is the first year I am covering Battleground.
Made to look like an old tent from the Civil War era, the booth mirrors the overall brand theme perfectly in my opinion. This year, there is only one new release from the brand, coming in a single size.
Battleground Commander Raphael Semmes
Battleground Cigars’ newest release is named for Raphael Semmes, a Confederate Navy captain in the Civil War, notably captaining the CSS
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Early Career
Barron was born in Hampton, Virginia, on November 28, 1809, the son of Samuel Barron (1765–1810) and Jane Sawyer Barron. He had at least one sister. His family had a distinguished naval tradition. His father and his uncle James Barron (1768–1851) were both captains in the United States Navy. They had learned seamanship as young men during the Revolutionary War (1775–1783) when their father James Barron (1740–1787), who also had a brother in the navy, was commodore of the Virginia State Navy. Before Barron’s first birthday his father died, and as a tribute to the elder Samuel Barron, the Department of the Navy appointed his namesake son a midshipman on January 1, 1812.
Raleigh and
Beaufort (the latter of which was renamed
Roanoke), joined the squadron from North Carolina early in 1862. In the meantime, at the suggestion of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Virginia-born naval commander who helped to develop torpedoes, the Confederate Congress appropriated $2 million for a large fleet of small gunboats. Two of them,
Hampton and
Nansemond, were completed and joined the squadron.
The squadron’s first commander was Captain French Forrest, who also commanded the Norfolk Navy Yard for the Virginia State Navy and the Confederate Navy. He commanded the squadron again from 1863 until 1864. Six other officers also took turns at command during the war: Captain (later Admiral) Franklin Buchanan, Captain Josiah Tattnall, Captain Sidney Smith Lee, Captain Samuel Barron, Captain John K. Mitchell, and Admiral Raphael Semmes. Like Forrest, they were senior officers who had long pre-war service in the U.S. Navy.
Alabama removed third most Confederate monuments in 2020, SPLC says
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The base the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Linn Park is all that remains Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, after crews worked through the night and early morning to remove it. (Tamika Moore/AL.com) Confederate Monument
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Alabama removed 12 Confederate symbols in 2020, third most among the states, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Though the practice continued a trend over the last few years, 2020 saw widespread action on the issue after protests and demonstrations following the May death in Minneapolis of George Floyd. The trend was recognizable, according to the group, as only one Confederate symbol - a Virginia state holiday - was changed prior to Floyd’s death at the hands of a policeman.
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