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Home video brings 1938 Civil War Reunion to life
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:31 pm
It's been almost 153 years since Lee surrendered at Appomattox, thus concluding the U.S. Civil War, but believe it or not there are still men and women alive today who shook hands with living Civil War veterans. One example of just such a person is a retired Louisville politician, now in his 80s, who attended the 1938 Civil War Reunion with his father in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:40 pm to RollTide1987
That’s pretty incredible to think that those people bridge such a large gap in history
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:44 pm to RollTide1987
My great grandmother died at 90 when I was 7. Her father in law(My g-g grandfather) was a civil war vet. Pretty close.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:45 pm to RollTide1987
Pretty cool but is that Dax Sheppard narrating?
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:59 pm to lsudave1
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That’s pretty incredible to think that those people bridge such a large gap in history
It’s pretty cool. My great grandma died in 1999. She was born in 1902, so she probably met plenty civil war vets. And many of those civil war vets probably knew American revolution soldiers.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 7:39 pm to RollTide1987
It’s amazing that just under 75 years after the war ended, these enemies could come together, shake hands, tell stories and enjoy each other’s company. Fast forward just over 75 years from that, people want every mention of them removed, confided to a museum (even though no one has mentioned which museum they are going to), their graves dug up, names removed, etc. It’s sad.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:07 pm to riverparish
And what's ironic about the whole thing is that those boys in blue who fought the Confederacy would not approve of any of these moves in the slightest. But, of course, we know better than those who actually met them in the open field to do battle all those years ago.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:10 pm to riverparish
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It’s amazing that just under 75 years after the war ended, these enemies could come together, shake hands, tell stories and enjoy each other’s company. Fast forward just over 75 years from that, people want every mention of them removed, confided to a museum (even though no one has mentioned which museum they are going to), their graves dug up, names removed, etc. It’s sad
It’s happened with totalitarians throughout history.
They have to destroy the history, remove it from the public mind, purge it from the ledgers, in order for their new “truth” be foisted upon the public.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:17 pm to RollTide1987
Quickly getting there with ww2 veterans
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:21 pm to RollTide1987
Is it crazy to think that a confederate statue could trigger someone, who's father or grandfather was a slave, when you put this timeline into this perspective.
btw, I welcome the downvotes. Ive come to realize it is easier than coming up with some sort of reasoned response that promotes real conversation.
btw, I welcome the downvotes. Ive come to realize it is easier than coming up with some sort of reasoned response that promotes real conversation.
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:24 pm to lsudave1
The grandson of Tyler Harrison, the 10th president of the United States, is still alive. This just reminded me of that fact.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:30 pm to Suntiger
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The grandson of Tyler Harrison, the 10th president of the United States
Are you referring to John Tyler?
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:40 pm to RollTide1987
I don't remember where I saw it, maybe it was part of the Ken Burn's Civil War documentary. It was some film of a Battle of Gettysburg reunion, maybe this same one. The film showed the old vets formed into two converging battle lines. The striking thing was how they embraced each other when the two lines met. Completely unrehearsed, a spontaneous reaction. Survivor to survivor.
The other striking thing was the number of them that were amputees. They explained that, contrary to belief, the doctors had the surgical skills to save the limbs. But the low velocity, large diameter grape shot would shatter six inches of bone. So amputation was the only recourse.
The other striking thing was the number of them that were amputees. They explained that, contrary to belief, the doctors had the surgical skills to save the limbs. But the low velocity, large diameter grape shot would shatter six inches of bone. So amputation was the only recourse.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:51 pm to Tigerhead
That was the same 75th Anniversary celebration.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:52 pm to RollTide1987
it was only within the last +/- 15 years that the Feds finished the last vets payment for the War of Northern Agression. some OLD vet married a really young girl and she continued to collect until around 2000-something
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