To: putupon; yankhater; Mudboy Slim; FBD; cherry_bomb88; jla
"It was shortly after the War of Nothern Aggression some yankee woman came by and noticed the people honoring the graves of those killed at Petersburg, VA during the seige..."Very true. One of our town's claims to fame!
27 posted on
04/18/2003 7:46:53 AM PDT by
sultan88
("You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road...and it stinks")
To: sultan88
"Those killed at Petersburg during the siege" were slaves forced to dig trenches, not soldiers.
28 posted on
04/18/2003 7:48:29 AM PDT by
Illbay
To: sultan88
Memorial Day was created by General John Logan -- Union Army veteran, leader of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization, and 1884 Republican vice-presidential candidate.
29 posted on
04/18/2003 7:49:21 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: sultan88
thanks for the ping! bttt
35 posted on
04/18/2003 8:11:18 AM PDT by
FBD
(Afghanistan, check... Iraq, check...Syria, did you say sumpin?)
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