General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Did anyone else sing Battle Hymn of the Republic in school? [View all]politicat
(9,808 posts)So... in the heavy Mormon areas, it's been repurposed because the MTC uses it as their signature song. But there's also the extremely uncomfortable relationship between the LDS and slavery, racism and strategic alliances. So as with everything, it's complicated.
But Arizona was divided; the Confederacy claimed half the territory, and there was at least one battle (Picacho Pass). And it attracted a lot of lost causers and "Killer Angels" in the aftermath.
My sibs and I grew up with this but mostly ignored it, like most young'uns; however, one of my sibs spent last school year teaching it at the high school level, and kept getting outraged that she didn't know it. She'd message me, all offended, and I'd remind her that yes, we did cover that, and sorry, you weren't a little grade grubbing geek. That's what you get for cramming instead of studying. (I get to tease her about this now that she's a teacher and finds it annoying when her students do exactly what she did.)