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bdjhawk

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5. I went to my father's military reunion in Texas

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 03:00 PM

Aug 2017

and remember being absolutely stunned when we visited Ft Hood and learned that is was named after a CONFEDERATE general. When I looked it up after, there are several United States military bases named after them. Disgusting

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Article about how Gen. Lee wasn't really a great man: [View all] Ilsa Aug 2017 OP

He captured free black men in the Pennslyvannia campaigns and enslaved them brush Aug 2017 #1

and schools nt d_r Aug 2017 #2

Absolutely. brush Aug 2017 #3

If you want to read a great book about Lee and the myths that surround him get "Lee Considered" Vinnie From Indy Aug 2017 #4

I went to my father's military reunion in Texas bdjhawk Aug 2017 #5

Yeah, I learned that only a few years ago. Ilsa Aug 2017 #6