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lapfog_1

(31,937 posts)
2. try this
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 07:14 PM
Aug 2017
https://www.facingsouth.org/2015/07/busting-the-myth-that-congress-made-confederate-ve

"If you're referring to the 1958 legislation, all it did was make Confederate veterans eligible for the same VA benefits as Union soldiers were. It did not make them U.S. veterans, make any other official change in their status, or extend any particular protections to graves or monuments."

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Just go to the Google and type: PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #1
try this lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #2
Googled, got this: Leghorn21 Aug 2017 #3
This law was passed to benefit widows gratuitous Aug 2017 #4
I stole this... SHRED Aug 2017 #8
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #11
'When you remove a Confederate statue' is not analogous to gravesites and headstones. elleng Aug 2017 #5
My take. Ptah Aug 2017 #6
Good point SHRED Aug 2017 #9
Duplicitous, not disingenuous Major Nikon Aug 2017 #12
good point. Ptah Aug 2017 #13
It was about States Rights I agree! SHRED Aug 2017 #17
Actually, it was the exact opposite Major Nikon Aug 2017 #18
Good to know SHRED Aug 2017 #19
Funny how things like laws and statutes GallopingGhost Aug 2017 #7
Here's how you refute that. you just say, "fuck you" world wide wally Aug 2017 #10
Thank you! This will probably make the rounds so I'm bookmarking this... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #14
Yep. SHRED Aug 2017 #15
Update SHRED Aug 2017 #16
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