Posted on 01/19/2006 11:20:56 AM PST by sheltonmac
I'm not sure what you mean by "my position", since it's simply a fact that the North won, but yes, my ancestors did wear blue. Pennsylvania.
I accept that the North won. I just dislike certain people on this thread trashing the South. I have not seen you do that.
It's not a monument, it's his Tomb. He and Mrs. Grant are buried there. As Groucho used to ask , "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb"
The difference between you and I is that God gave me the good sense to be ashamed of my ancestors who fought for the confederacy. Luckily for me, I'm redeemed on my mother's side or I'd have nothing but traitorous scum on both sides.
And btw., I don't put PA in the same category as the Northeast. I am very fond of Pennsylvania, to be honest.
fwiw, i breathe a sigh of relief when i cross back into VA. (when i cross into Prince William, i'm back "inside friendly lines".)
free dixie,sw
Alas, many who live near couldn't answer that question.
"Southron" is a neoconfederate thing. It's used by wannabe secessionists and racists to differentiate themselves.
"The difference between you and I is that God gave me the good sense to be ashamed of my ancestors who fought for the confederacy. Luckily for me, I'm redeemed on my mother's side or I'd have nothing but traitorous scum on both sides."
You are right again. I think we should give your state back to Mexico. It did, after all, belong to them. I am ashamed by the fact that we took it.
There's no reason to trash the South, or any area, wholesale. I think that not everyone on this thread would agree. I also live in Northern Virginia, and if you ask anyone in Downstate Vuhginia, that's just as bad as a Yayun-kee.
At this time in American history, he is the only person to have a national holiday named for him. Personally, I don't think he was all that great a man, and certainly he does not deserve the only national holiday named for an American historical figure.
you will probably NEVER be a Virginian, though your children will be (if you have any) and your VA/dixie-born grandchildren will be SOUTHRONS.
free dixie,sw
Stop playing the race card. You are not good at it.
It was in disrepair several years ago, I was wondering if the National Park Service cleaned it up.
Grew up in Yonkers. Been a New Yorker all my life.
Thanks, It does look much better several years ago it looked horrible.
Then you know the truth of my facetious statement about the immediate environs of Grant's Tomb. I am really glad it has been returned to its original condition. When I visited it some years ago there was graffiti defacing parts of it and the stone was dark and weathered and there was a good bit of litter on the grounds. Also I went there in the morning and still felt uncomfortable about possible unwanted companions.
I reckon your Confederate ancestors would be more ashamed of you.
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