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We WERE involved in that, right??? |
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I took a Civil War Lit. class (was pretty much a history class with lit. thrown in) and we read Tony Horwitz's Confederates In The Attic which is a fabulous read even if you aren't into the Civil War. His observations on Southern attitudes about that war, even in the 21st C., are pretty illuminating/surprising. |
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As a northerner moving down to the DC area after college, I was surprised at all the southerners I would run into who would pull that "war of northern aggression" bullshit. It amazed me. I had never been exposed to that before. The war was over a century ago and these yahoos were still all wrapped up in it. It was something I never gave a second thought. It lived in the same compartment in my brain as the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Old dusty history with no relevance to today.
Now that I've been down here 20+ years, I like it. It's interesting history and by keeping it alive they amuse me. Check out this reenactment I went to last fall. Attachment 39896 |
In Confederates In The Attic Tony goes to many a re-enactment. The guys were all "super hard core" meaning they totally LIVED like the soldiers, eating what they ate, wearing home-spun clothing, the whole enchilada. They scorned those who didn't go all the way with the re-enactment bit. For some guys, this is pretty much all they do all year long.
like climbing Mount Everest, it sounds like mental illness. ;) |
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You've made me want to read the book though, Bri. Good job. Re the kicking American butt line, I didn't have a war/ conflict in mind. Or if I did it might have involved men in pyjamas. I just thought it was funny to see what the answers were. And they did make me laugh. Thank you. |
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Got 94 of 96. Missed the number of amendments and the year the constitution was written.
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Your deportation will take place tonight at 0001. You make take one carry on bag. You will be blind-folded, roughed-up, have a fifth of whiskey pour over you and dumped in the rural area of a hostile foreign land where you will not know the language and hold no currency. No one will believe your story. Good luck. |
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