[Thebaddog]

They were brave soldiers. To get into that can deserves a medal for the bravery of the act alone. As if that wasn't obvious.

I say let their memories be honored and stick it to the PC crowd at the same time.

[maxwellp]

I read a book, many years ago, "A Stillness at Appomatax" (sp?). At the end the Northern soldiers honored the Southern soldiers. You are quite correct that this PC crap should be thrown out the window at this point in time, and these soldiers should now be honored.

[TXnMA]

They were brave soldiers. To get into that can deserves a medal for the bravery of the act alone.

Amen to their bravery -- especially since they knew firsthand that most (or all) of two previous crews had perished while trapped underwater in the Hunley!!

As one who had the honor of participating in the technical/archaeological preparations for the raising of the Hunley, let me assure you that the funeral of the final Hunley crew will be a BIG event.

And, rest assured that it will be conducted with all the dignity and honor due to those eight brave soldiers. (With dignity, that is, unless some history-revisionist @$$#oles interrupt the procession and/or service with dumb@$$ protests...)

I don't see lying in state in the Capitol as necessary to showing proper honor to the crew -- but it would be a nice touch. OTOH, I don't see it as inappropriate, either.

And I d@*^ed sure believe that buttinski whiners who have not worked as long and hard as have the Friends of the Hunley and the South Carolina Hunley Commission and their staffs to make this historic moment posssible -- do not have any right to have any say as to how the honors are rendered!!!

The funeral cortege/procession is expected to include hundreds (if not thousands) or reenactors -- fully armed with period firearms, complete with bayonets. Not exactly a smart place to be a noisy, anti-CSA protestor... '-}

[Oztrich Boy]

They were brave soldiers. To get into that can deserves a medal for the bravery of the act alone.

Not sufficient in this Brave New World

Such an honor has been reserved for sitting or long-serving congressmen in recent years.

[Marobe]

Needless to say, they Men died fighting for their Constitutional Rights, both State and Federal.
They should be honored as the brave warriors they are and to hell with the Pc crowd and their phoney values.
Abe got what he deserved .....