Some new news about an old war.
1. YANKEE LEANING?-- Jan. 22nd Wilmington Star News. A reader wanted to know how come the photographs run in the paper of the 145th Anniversary activities of Fort Fisher all were of Union re-enactors. The reader felt perhaps the paper was leaning toward the Yankees. Si Cantrell replied that he definitely had Confederate ties, but that the photographer mostly got pictures of the Union soldiers because they were more active at the time.
2. CHAPLAINS-- The Jan. 20th Liberty University newspaper reports that the grand opening of the National Civil War Chaplain's Museum on campus will be Jan. 23rd. It's role is to educate the public about the role played by chaplains, priests, rabbis and religious organizations during the war. It is also a place of research. It is located in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Long overdue.
3. BOYS WILL BE BOYS-- Jan. 7th NY Times. A Virginia jury has found both re-enactors not guilty of assault after both filed charges against each other. They were portraying cavalry officers at the Battle of Stanardsville when the Union re-enactor knocked the Confederate's cap off who then fired his pistol directly at the Union guy. It was, of course, a blank, but even then.
Boys and their guns.
4. NAACP-- Hard to believe that the NAACP has announced that they were going to continue their attacks on the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Capitol grounds. You'd have to think that they have much bigger issues to deal with than that flag.
No comments:
Post a Comment