[stainlessbanner]

Bump!

[LibKill]

I find this wholly fitting. It is well to honor fallen warriors of the blue and they grey.

[wardaddy]

Bump again!!

[AnAmericanMother]

Well done the Sons organizations and the reenactors as well.

To honor a fallen foe is the proper and noble thing to do.

"EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE"

A. “I was a Have.”’ B. “I was a “Have-not.”’
(Together.) “What hast thou given which I gave not?”

[Arkinsaw]

Our Confederates are facing a battle against a hostile enemy. But these souls are in a battle that, in some ways, is worse. Apathy.

I wish some of those so focused on our heritage would spend a little time finding their own. These men deserved honor and I'm proud of the SCV for picking up the ball.

[Pelham]

How will the gang of FR south-haters manage to spin this?

[Vigilantcitizen]

Not far from me, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield park in Georgia contains a memorial to the thousands of Union troops who died trying to charge fortified positions, otherwise known as the "Dead Angle", at the top of Cheatam hill.

"Looking from the Union position towards the Dead Angle, just over the top of the ridge. Protected from fire after the assault because the line was placed at the geographical crest instead of the military crest, Union soldiers dig a tunnel (visible to left of sign) in an attempt to blow up the Rebel line."

[strela]

Air Force Maj. Arnold Huskins, a descendant of a Confederate veteran, donned a blue uniform in honor of the 173rd unit in New York and Texas.

It is very common in the re-enactor groups around here for the members to have (and wear) two separate sets of kit, one blue and one gray. My friend even has two separate sets of field gear (dog tent, rifle, etc.). During the set piece battles, most of them want to wear the gray, but since there have to be two sides in every war, some are forced to become "turncoats" at least for the one battle, and are properly razzed for it at "retreat" at the local watering hole.

[vetvetdoug]

As a member of the SCV and the SUV, I am proud of my compatriots and ancestors. Unlike the NAACP, we are trying to keep the history and proud heritage of the United States alive and told factually and truthfully.