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To: Rambi who wrote (60206)	7/21/2001 5:52:29 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<You can grow your beard and go be a soldier and wear the grey and shoot cannons at men in blue all you like every year and the crowds will cheer for you. >> I had a neighbor who used to trailer his buckskin Dollar to the reenactments. He got to be an officer because he had a horse. It led to him getting several parts in Western movies as an extra. Vacations he got paid for.

To: Rambi who wrote (60206)	7/21/2001 11:46:02 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I am very proud to have relatives who fought on both sides in the Civil War. None of the relatives on the Southern side owned slaves. But would I cling to a symbol, that like the Swastika (a lovely Hindu symbol) has terrible associations for a lot of people in this country, just because I am proud of my relatives? No, I would not. If I had German ancestors who fought in WWII I wouldn't go waving a swastika around either, even if I was proud of their heroic service (and what war doesn't have heroes on both sides?) I cannot imagine why people would chose to tie themselves to an anchor, and the confederate flag is an anchor. It is rightly identified with the cause of slavery- which is ONE of the causes the South fought for. You can tap dance all you want to about state's rights, but the South wanted to keep slaves, and the confederate flag is alloyed in the consciousness of our country with slavery. Actually no one has ever gasped in horror when I told them my relatives fought for the South in the Civil War. Everyone I've ever told it to- and that's lots of people- think it is pretty neat. Of course I don't say "Mah relatives fought in the Civil War, too bad tham thar damn Yankees won and we had to free the slaves." That might have something to do with it.