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SCV Announces Gettysburg Boycott
Sons of Confederate Veterans ^ | 8/25/2004 | Brag Bowling

Posted on 08/26/2004 7:53:13 PM PDT by RebelBanker

The greatest battle ever fought on the North American continent and the historical aftermath of this titanic contest have been lost forever in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. On the same grounds where Robert E. Lee, John Buford and John Reynolds fought for principles they held dear to them, Gettysburg College has decided that political correctness is more important than it’s historical identity.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans hereby alert all of our members and friends to attend the rally to be held on September 2 and September 3 at Gettysburg College to protest the College sponsored art exhibit featuring the hateful anti-Southern artwork of John Sims.

It has become apparent that neither Gettysburg College nor Gettysburg appreciates the value of Southern tourism. The valor exhibited by Confederate soldiers in this decisive battle is no longer important to officials of Gettysburg or Gettysburg College. The Confederate Battle flag is an honored flag flown on the battlefield by our Confederate soldiers. By promoting what the college calls “art” in which any intelligent person can see is nothing but thinly disguised hatred, the Sons of Confederate Veterans have decided that an economic boycott of the Gettysburg area will commence on September 3. And millions of American citizens with a love of the South and their Confederate heritage have been deeply offended.

Commander-in-Chief Denne Sweeney hereby calls on all members, families, and friends to avoid Gettysburg and not to spend any money in the Gettysburg area. All people concerned with the anti-Southern bigotry of this area should alert friends, media, and anyone concerned with the growing problem in Gettysburg so that this boycott will become nationwide and not just regional.

After September 3, Gettysburg is to be avoided whenever vacation plans are being made. Please pass this on to all media, lists and Internet services for widespread distribution.

Brag Bowling
National Press Officer
Sons of Confederate Veterans

804.359.0382


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
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To: broadsword
.... liberal south-hating bull$hit!

>I call it penis envy.

21 posted on 08/26/2004 8:24:59 PM PDT by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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To: cyborg

She didn't like seeing the "racist" confederate battle flag throughout the movie, I supppose. It is a 6 hour movie and aqbout half of that are battle scenes.


22 posted on 08/26/2004 8:39:31 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Kirkwood

Well if she's not from this country, then she may just be under the impression that it is a racist symbol. I barely remember that movie though so now I want to see it *lol*


23 posted on 08/26/2004 8:48:23 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: Arkinsaw

>>Gettysburg is definitely Yankee territory, way over-commercialized and poorly maintained.<<

Yeah, the South is so well-known for subtlety. *chuckle* Been to Memphis, lately? Atlanta? The Latin Quarter? We'll just blame Orlando on all those Yankee invaders...


24 posted on 08/26/2004 8:59:32 PM PDT by dangus
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To: cyborg

No she was a NY-based flight attendant. I think she just assumed I was watching because I was rooting for the South! Heck it is just a good movie that filled up much of an 8 hour flight. We had a couple of Italians and a Japanese flight attendant and another American and they had no problem with it, nor did anyone around me.

Actually it is not 6 hours, but if you play certain scenes over like I do and look at the extra stuff on the DVD, you can stretch it out that long. Jeff Daniels is awesome in the movie.


25 posted on 08/26/2004 9:07:15 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: dangus
Yeah, the South is so well-known for subtlety. *chuckle* Been to Memphis, lately? Atlanta? The Latin Quarter? We'll just blame Orlando on all those Yankee invaders...

Go to Shiloh sometime and you'll see just how huge a difference. Gettysburg is a t-shirt store, Shiloh is a quiet reflective place.
26 posted on 08/26/2004 9:24:05 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Arkinsaw

Gettysburg is an hour's drive or less from Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Shiloh is in the middle of frickin' nowhere. (There is no SOMEWHERE in Mississippi!) Saaaayyy, you don't think that has something to do with it, do ya? I don't mean to be city-slicker to you: It's not a bad thing to be far from the maddening crowds, but it does have its way of keeping a place from being all tourist-trappy.


27 posted on 08/26/2004 9:33:19 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Constitution Day

Ping


28 posted on 08/26/2004 9:36:16 PM PDT by dstarr (Proud widow of a Vietnam War and Korean War veteran)
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To: RebelBanker

It doesn't say what's wrong with the art. What's wrong with the art?


29 posted on 08/26/2004 9:40:22 PM PDT by Melas
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To: dangus
Gettysburg is an hour's drive or less from Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Shiloh is in the middle of frickin' nowhere. (There is no SOMEWHERE in Mississippi!) Saaaayyy, you don't think that has something to do with it, do ya? I don't mean to be city-slicker to you: It's not a bad thing to be far from the maddening crowds, but it does have its way of keeping a place from being all tourist-trappy.

Chickamauga is in town and its nothing like Gettysburg. The battlefield at Franklin, TN has been severely encroached on by housing but at least its not a t-shirt hawking nightmare. Same for Chancellorsville. Cold Harbor and Gaines Mill are near Richmond and are appropriately quiet. I've been to a lot of battlefields beyond Shiloh...and Gettysburg is by far the most touristy and tacky.

The silver duct tape holding the carpet down in places in the visitors center was the best. Loved that.
30 posted on 08/26/2004 9:43:47 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: dangus

Nice to see you support leftist PC scum. Will you be pulling the D lever come November?


31 posted on 08/26/2004 9:45:17 PM PDT by Axenolith (This space for rent.)
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To: dangus
Shiloh is in the middle of frickin' nowhere. (There is no SOMEWHERE in Mississippi!)

Shiloh isn't in Mississippi - but I could tell from your posts that history from that era isn't your strong suit.

32 posted on 08/26/2004 9:57:30 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: RebelBanker
The SCV is not well served by its leadership. Bowling seems not to understand that neither the city fathers of Gettysburg, Adams County government, nor the National Park Service have any control over what goes on at a private college. Any college will produce a good bit of stupidity in this day and age, and this is a fairly typical example of the determined idiocy of college leftists.

I do have some young acquaintances at Gettysburg College and they are mortified by this madness.

33 posted on 08/26/2004 10:37:12 PM PDT by Capriole (DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.)
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To: Arkinsaw

I have never been to Shiloh, but Sharpsburg also fits the description of "quiet, reflective place" most of the time. The Visitors' Center is small and there are no t-shirt shops on the battlefield the way there in G-burg. There aren't even any chain fast food restaurants in town.


34 posted on 08/27/2004 5:28:56 AM PDT by RebelBanker ("Nuance" is the French word for "Gobbledegook.")
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To: dangus
"What, you want good press for your failed invasion from the people you invaded? Not gonna happen."

Geez. Can we have at least a little historical accuracy here? If you want to talk about invasions you need to start with Manassas where the north began the conflict by invading Virginia. It's not called the War of Northern Aggression for nothing.
35 posted on 08/27/2004 5:38:52 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Morgan's Raider
"Probably no more than were lynched by 'sons' of Union veterans. As I recall, Illinois and Indiana were hotbeds of Klan activity. And study who the lynching victims were during the New York draft riots of 1863."

Please, don't let historical fact get in the way of a good Southern phobic hate rant.
36 posted on 08/27/2004 5:40:07 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Lee'sGhost

Uh, Yeah... Of course the North invaded the South; Of course Gettysburg was a counter-invasion. But if you think that means that Pennsylvania should've been more *welcoming* to the invaders, geez buddy...

>>It's not called the War of Northern Aggression for nothing.<<

BWAA-HA-HA-HAA!!! "Southern Partisan" is not exactly a journal of record. I always thought that was hysterical. They secede from the union out of FEAR the Union might TRY to do something that Lincoln campaigned AGAINST, launch an attack (what, a Pre-emptive strike?) on a military base located within the confederacy, and then call it "aggression" when the North sends some troops down there to quell the insurrection. Geez, man, you guys are a riot.


37 posted on 08/27/2004 5:53:18 AM PDT by dangus
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To: PAR35

My bad... Tennessee of course.


38 posted on 08/27/2004 5:55:33 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Lee'sGhost
It's not called the War of Northern Aggression for nothing.

It also isn't called War of Southern Rebellion for nothing. Maybe Davis should have listened to Toombs before shooting up Sumter.

39 posted on 08/27/2004 5:58:35 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: Axenolith

>>Nice to see you support leftist PC scum. Will you be pulling the D lever come November?<<

Lessee... what did I write?

"OK, well THAT's just plain stoopid. (What the artist plans to do.) That's not an affront to the confederacy, that's an affront to the dignity of the UNION."

But it funny how many Southern "patriots" still identify themselves with the insurrectionists, instead of Americans.


40 posted on 08/27/2004 6:00:17 AM PDT by dangus
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