To: so_real
To which General Lee replied : "Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans."That quote sounds very fake. The Confederates were already Americans. They were more American than the Yankees, since they were rejecting tyranny.
To: UnwashedPeasant
That quote is widely reported but I suppose it could also be attributed to Caliph Baraq of Nigeria.
To: UnwashedPeasant
It's easy to find confirmation. It's all over the 'net. For example, the second to last paragraph here :
https://www.stratfordhall.org/meet-the-lee-family/general-robert-e-lee-1807-1870/
The point he was making is that there are no Northerns and there are no Southerns in these United States ... There are only Americans. We've forgotten his wisdom shown even in defeat. Perhaps the young are not even taught this any longer.
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03/26/2019 5:27:42 PM PDT by
so_real
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