This thing really hacks me off.
There are a lot of men who had to fight. They had no choice. And they died.
It dishonors their service.
It really hacks me off too. Hubby side of family real hacked. They are from the south.
Banning the Confederate flag and attempts to erase one of the most significant aspects of US history is no different from ISIS demolishing archaeological treasures.
Baseball and the Blues (and thus Rock and Roll) would not have begun without the Civil War. Very few blacks are 100% African. A significant percentage have ancestors who fought in the Civil War and ancestors who were slave holders. etc
This is the first good thing we've heard from the HOR for awhile. A handful of members have been true to their principles, for sure. But most of them have been political eunuchs since the disaster of giving Ryan so much power to backstab them.
My great-grandfather was born in 1835 and fought for Indiana. Truth is, had he been born in Alabama, he’d have fought for Alabama.