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PXR-5

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4. Ah, that explains things for me.

Reply to deurbano (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2023, 11:37 AM

May 2023

We moved to NC from NJ 26 years ago in late May.

There was no talk of "memorial day" we both just started new jobs and and had to work.

I mentioned this to a few locals and I was told we have Veterans Day, what the heck is this memorial day thing?

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"Black people may have started Memorial Day. Whites erased it from history." [View all] deurbano May 2023 OP

And today's gop are whitewashing once again MagickMuffin May 2023 #1

My mother was a member of the United Daughter's of the Confederacy, and deurbano May 2023 #3

What did she mean, exactly, by the statement NotVeryImportant May 2023 #10

She said it jokingly.... but I didn't know back then what the UDC was up to. deurbano May 2023 #11

When we covered the Civil Rights movement in 9th grade history class, I thought the same thing. Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #13

Your grandmother was (is?) way cooler than my mom! deurbano May 2023 #14

And yet she continued to vote for "the party of Lincoln" until she joined a peace group in the late Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #15

I wish they'd put the tax rate on the wealthy back to 90% or whatever it was back then judesedit May 2023 #5

K&R ismnotwasm May 2023 #2

Ah, that explains things for me. PXR-5 May 2023 #4

Woah. More hidden history. electric_blue68 May 2023 #6

Excellent article and another example of hidden history. Lonestarblue May 2023 #7

I agree. Duppers May 2023 #8

Not to forget uneducateds not knowing it's meaning UTUSN May 2023 #9

K&R! Excellent reminder, thanks so much for sharing this! Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #12