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I thought some might find this interesting for Memorial Day

1 posted on 05/31/2010 10:51:13 AM PDT by XRdsRev

It shows a level of civility that is gone now forever.Today we fight against animals.

2 posted on 05/31/2010 10:59:31 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)

Heartbreaking - even after so many years. And where is the conversation about reparations for his family? May all our soldiers rest in peace and be honored and remembered always.

3 posted on 05/31/2010 12:38:51 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption

I thought some might find this interesting for Memorial Day

I do and thank you for posting this. Many of us today do not know how comparatively bad the medical treatment was back in the Civil War. A wound in a limb meant amputation to prevent gangrene and a wound in the gut was sure death unless the victim had not eaten for a long time before.

Yet this and the Crimean war of a decade earlier started a revolution in the medical arts and it was lead by women who's names still shine bright, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton (as well as others). Their efforts at improving sanitation and nursing care saved the lives of thousands then and continue to today.

4 posted on 05/31/2010 12:43:21 PM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)

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