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raven mad

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6. LOL! Do it, I'll contribute!

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Wed Aug 16, 2017, 04:22 PM

Aug 2017

Spent a lot of time in the south - liked most of it. Loved what Birmingham (yeah, that nasty place) did with the Civil Rights museum, got a ticket for free entry from where I worked, before it was officially opened.

But if I never see another Jeff Davis or R. E. Lee statue? I won't miss 'em.

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He's right, though- we shouldn't lose our "history"... [View all] TygrBright Aug 2017 OP

"Change our culture" was the telling part. bettyellen Aug 2017 #1

I was terribly disappointed in the press during that exchange... Moostache Aug 2017 #2

National Trust for Historic Preservation atreides1 Aug 2017 #3

5th Rec, Bright! Hekate Aug 2017 #4

Thanks, Hekate! n/t TygrBright Aug 2017 #7

As was heard today: we do not have a statue OldHippieChick Aug 2017 #5

LOL! Do it, I'll contribute! raven mad Aug 2017 #6

I love the South, too. The South is not Dixie, Dixie is not the South. n/t TygrBright Aug 2017 #8

You've got that right - except where I was? raven mad Aug 2017 #9

There's at least 3 Confederate museums already: 1 in Charleston, 1 in sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #10

This wouldn't be a Confederate museum, though. TygrBright Aug 2017 #11

I stand corrected. Maybe we could just change the names on the sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #12

As I recall.... kentuck Aug 2017 #13

The Union Army was about twice the size of the traitors' army, so probably so. n/t TygrBright Aug 2017 #14