Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 1 November 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.
On my way to a meeting one morning last Spring, I passed a cemetery freshly decorated with flags. A lot of the flags were Confederate flags and I wondered if they were part of a political statement of some kind, since, after all, this is Texas, not Georgia, and the Civil War was almost 150 years ago. I was surprised at the number of graves I found in this small town Texas cemetery that actually dated to the Civil War. I don't think any of those buried here had actually died in the war, but all of them with Confederate flags on their graves had clearly fought in it --or could have.
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A very Southern way of remembering a long-gone heritage and generations which are no more; it mustn't be confused with making a racist statement or anything other than just remembering. Nicely captured here, 12.
1 Nov 2007 10:26am
@Viewfinder: Thanks. This will probably raise some hackles, but yes, I think there are two separate issues here regarding the Confederacy. 1. Slavery; and 2: Succession. Though I am not a particular fan of the South, and think the destruction of the institution of slavery was imperative, I also believe, as did many people at the time of the Civil War, and as did many of our Founders, that the Southern states had the right of succession. This country is absolutely better for having destroyed slavery; but I'm not so sure it is better for having destroyed what many believed to be a Constitutional right of succession.
Good point and food for discussion. As you know when there is separatist group in any country US government is behind it as a supporter and that in return can cause problem for local government. Lets take China and problem of Tibet. Look at what they did to Dalai Lama in D.C. Do you think countries like China approve of a foreign governments interfere in their system? I remember studying US civil war and reading how once mighty European powers were secretly supporting and financing one side or the other.
I was always touched by this period (Civil War) in US history. Very bloody and very cruel but at the same time very educative of how once broken nation units. I Specially like the "Third Battle of Chattanooga", "Battle of Vicksburg" and finally "Emancipation Proclamation" by of America's finest man, Abraham Lincoln. Lovely history that defined a nation.
1 Nov 2007 11:13am
@Amir: See my comments to VF. A very interesting book related to this subject and this period is "The Education of Henry Adams," written by the grandson of our 6th president --and great-grandson of our 2nd.
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