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defacto7

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12. Long overdue.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 12:19 AM

Jul 2014

History is good. Living in the past is not.

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Virginia campus removes Confederate flags [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2014 OP

Gee! Maybe this Civil War will FINALLY End Demeter Jul 2014 #1

way past due joe_stampingbull Jul 2014 #2

Whoop De Do gussmith Jul 2014 #3

Gee in 2014 bluestateguy Jul 2014 #4

The confederate battle flag is the flag of traitors Submariner Jul 2014 #5

+1 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Jul 2014 #10

I Love The Confederate Flag ProgressiveJarhead Jul 2014 #6

The South won the propaganda war. Archae Jul 2014 #7

Villians in old tv shows and movies Marthe48 Jul 2014 #9

General Lee got his butt kicked pretty severely here in West Virginia tabasco Jul 2014 #8

And there was the 40 minutes in Miller's Cornfield at Antietam (Sharpsburg, Md) DemoTex Jul 2014 #13

I find the South's fascination Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #11

Long overdue. defacto7 Jul 2014 #12

Only 150 years too late... a la izquierda Jul 2014 #14

Don't you know the Confederate flag has been hijacked marions ghost Jul 2014 #19

Um yeah, I know what it means. I'm an actual historian. a la izquierda Jul 2014 #22

Ha ha marions ghost Jul 2014 #28

Your timeline is a little off. kwassa Jul 2014 #23

Your excerpt was loaded with useful infomation. Thank you, very much for that. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2014 #25

You are welcome! kwassa Jul 2014 #26

Similar to TX Al Carroll Jul 2014 #27

Understand this marions ghost Jul 2014 #29

I have no preconceptions about the South. kwassa Jul 2014 #31

You are not from the South I think marions ghost Jul 2014 #32

Nope, I am a Yankee. kwassa Jul 2014 #33

OK marions ghost Jul 2014 #35

Slowly but surely... GOLGO 13 Jul 2014 #15

I don't get your post. nt alp227 Jul 2014 #24

Ridiculous marions ghost Jul 2014 #30

Nice move, Washington & Lee. Paladin Jul 2014 #16

I'll be careful how I say this. sofa king Jul 2014 #17

Everything you say rings true. Particularly Traveller's pennies. (nt) Paladin Jul 2014 #18

Huh? If they're that rich, they should use $5 bills! KamaAina Jul 2014 #20

I guess that I'll be careful how I respond to this... user_name Jul 2014 #34

Well said marions ghost Jul 2014 #36

Second place trophies Tom Ripley Jul 2014 #21