I know that feeling for sure, @ItsZiggy . Not just while actually standing there either... there's a database with all the names and their stories...
Yes, good points. The reason it's being used really *does* really make a difference. If it is being displayed for heritage, great. But you're...
It's absolutely important, May102014... and it always makes me feel terrible when I realize that I have to almost come across these women by accident...
Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant Jon Cavaiani died a few days ago, just short of his 71st birthday. S/Sgt Cavaiani was given the Medal of Honor in...
Do you think it would have lasted very long? I may be wrong, but it seems as if things like cultures and religions would have just started up again...
This is one of the reasons I learned to push most conspiracy theories aside as silliness. The holocaust deniers really "picked the wrong horse to...
Such an ugly and dark part of world history. :( It's strange maybe, but nearly every time I see a date concerning this type of thing, it stuns me...
Hey Kes1... and welcome to the forum! 100 years since his death... so WWI? Or did he survive the Civil War and live until 1915? In any case, I'll...
I hope I'm doing this link right. This is a service for a New York soldier whose remains were discovered at Antietam five years ago. I was there...
Did you know that there were some (granted, not a lot) women who pretended to be men during the Civil War? From the women who were "discovered" from...
I'd like to see that... as much as the thought of wandering around the city scares me, NYC also fascinates me. I'll get there someday soon, I just...
Her final resting place is in the Evergreen Cemetery, directly beside the National Cemetery. The American flag from her gravesite can be seen from...
Yes... I don't let labels bother me. Sometimes it's just the way bullies try to get their own way and force others to "respect" them. This is a...
I absolutely agree with this. Shooting with guns (and sometimes point-blank) was horrible. Sometimes in the Civil War, they even got at it with...
The confederate army fired upon Fort Sumter and the war began. I'm not sure which history book is teaching that Lincoln just decided to declare war...
:) I was talking about the pro-Russia statements. Sure it means something, Peninha... we're on the same side here. I was responding to the...
It's almost time for another working vacation for me. I'll be spending some time in Gettysburg (one of my two favorite places on earth) and taking...
And then there was that "little" issue of Fort Sumter, wasn't there? Isn't that where the hostilities really began, and... as far as I know, Mister...
Because it's their heritage! The dream of winning the Civil War is dead, as you say, but those people lost their relatives and ancestors for a...
I'm not sure if God would stop a war since the Bible prophesies that there will always be war. He doesn't contradict Himself. But that said, your...
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