April is Confederate History Month in America!Is that true? If so, great.
1 posted on
04/06/2006 5:43:19 PM PDT by
SJackson
To: stainlessbanner
2 posted on
04/06/2006 5:44:15 PM PDT by
TomServo
("You think that's funny? Shoot yourself in the leg, I'll be right back.")
To: Alouette
The reference to Moses Ezekiel might be of interest.
3 posted on
04/06/2006 5:44:27 PM PDT by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
To: righthand man; TexConfederate1861; chesley; rustbucket; JamesP81; LeoWindhorse; groanup; NerdDad; ..
To: SJackson
I honestly did not know there were Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington. That is very, very neat. That spirit of reconciliation is sadly lacking these days.
I'll check back here in a few hours when the "disinter the traitors and burn their bones" Southron-slander crowd shows up.
}:-)4
6 posted on
04/07/2006 4:21:15 AM PDT by
Moose4
("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
To: SJackson; TomServo; TexConfederate1861; Moose4; LeoWindhorse
On the North side of the Memorial is carved the inscription written by Dr. Randolph Harrison McKim, who went from the ranks of the Confederate Army into the Ministry, and was the rector of Epiphany Church in Washington for 32 years. The inscription reads:
"Not for fame or reward -
Not for place or for rank -
Not lured by ambition -
Or goaded by necessity -
But in simple -
Obedience to duty -
As they understood it
These men suffered all -
Sacrificed All -
Dared all - And Died -"
More pictures of the Arlington Confederate Monument
To: SJackson
The fact is that the men who fought on both sides were remarkably gallant and selfless.
However, the country would have been a lot better off if the manic depressive Lincoln had stayed in Illinois to practice law.
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