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Just something to think

clearthinker — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:52 +0000

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Just something to think about. You are very welcome, DD.

That is a delightful link CT.

dickday — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:47:10 +0000

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That is a delightful link CT. Really gives me pause.

Almost 150 years ago, and yet we get to see some remnant of that on the screen. Although the photos about.

Very fine. Thank you!!

I have the video and am aware

oleeb — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:30:30 +0000

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I have the video and am aware of it. Still, I feel no urge whatever to honor those who took up arms against their own country. And while I am glad the veterans were able to come to terms I am also quite sure there were many then and now that feel honoring those who rose up against the USA is simply inappropriate.

Citizens they were. Disloyal citizens whose efforts, regardless of personal motivation, served only to perpetuate slavery and destroy the union.

He was very clear about it.

oleeb — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:26:02 +0000

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He was very clear about it. The cause was slavery and slavery alone.

You can read he view of it near the end of Chapter 16 in his memoirs. They can be accessed online in various places.

I can think of no better

clearthinker — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:24:41 +0000

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I can think of no better moment of contemplation of this day, then this clip showing the 75th Anniversary Ceremonies at Gettysburg. One would do well to hear FDR read Lincoln's words, while the inscription of the monument is on screen.

That's just fine by me.

oleeb — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:23:57 +0000

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That's just fine by me.

Let them remember those who died for the preservation of slavery and an end to the USA.

Except that the definition of

Ellen — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:08:05 +0000

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Except that the definition of "the cause for which they fought" has never been agreed upon.

Quaere: Did Grant state what he believed "that cause" was?

The rebels were United States

clearthinker — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:01:31 +0000

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The rebels were United States citizens, else there was no legal reason that Lincoln had for mobilizing for war.

You might well remember the first tune that Lincoln wanted the band to play upon hearing the surrender at Appomattox.

75 years after Gettysburg, the veterans themselves good seek forgiveness from each other:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1byof4IAHk

and if the veterans, who saw the bloodshed that is only known to us through books and old photos, can do that... well, so should we.

But Confederate widow Mrs.

Ellen — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:56:18 +0000

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But Confederate widow Mrs. Chas. J. Williams of Columbus, Ga. beat old General John to the punch by two months.

We beg the assistance of the press and the ladies throughout the South to aid us in the effort to set apart a certain day to be observed from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and to be handed down through time as a religious custom of the South, to wreathe the graves of our martyred dead with flowers, and we propose the 26th day of April as the day. Columbus Times, March 1868

Thank you, oleeb. :)

TheraP — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:55:29 +0000

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Thank you, oleeb. :)