My mothers grandmother was born in the mid 60’s, that’s the 1860’s. One time she told me the story of how excited her father was after going to hear Abraham Lincoln speak before his election to president and how he used to love to share the story. She shared this with me in the 1950’s. I always enjoyed knowing I was only one ear away from an ear that heard Lincoln speak.
In the 1950’s feelings were still strong with some people over the Civil War. The country was still reveling in the knowledge that we had won the 2nd World War and were relatively unscathed by the war except for the death of so many soldiers. We were the manufacturing leaders of the world.
People today don’t understand what this country is and why it is. People today are willing to succumb to the Socialism nonsense that floods our airways and schools. It is truly a shame.
You should check out some of the Civil War threads here sometime.