Flare:
no flare
Posted on 08/03/2017 11:49:12 AM PDT by mairdie
Praying for your family. I am hopeful your son was saved and you will rejoice with him in God’s presence.
Flare:
no flare
Fascinating. Do you know why the differences and why each was considered superior to the other design? Never knew this.
Simply put the South couldn’t afford the extra bronze to make it ornate. The flare had no useful functional purpose.
I love it! Beautiful reasoning on their part.
This always sends a chill up my spine and then as the charge my eyes fill with tears.
Wasn’t a pretty sight. Many a good boy lost a young and promising life. Some wore blue and some wore gray.
“run, rabbit, run. If I were a rabbit I’d be running too.” Attributed to a soldier before Pettigrew’s assault as told in a lecture by Shelby Foote.
I remember reading about that during the making of the movie. The Hollywood actors said that they were loaned many authentic pieces of equipment by re-enactors to preserve the authenticity of the film. The re-enactors also spent a lot of time explaining exactly how equipment was used, how manuevers were made and what had gone on in the battle so that the movie actors could better get "in" their roles.
I am so very sorry.
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