At 00:08 7/5/01, you wrote:
That's better than the locals when we lived in Columbia SC. They still
refer to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression".
Unfortunately, I'm serious.
Tom
And the statehouse in Columbia still has the deep pock marks from General
Sherman's cannon fire, untouched with no attempt to repair the exterior
walls since the battle there. It's seen by many of the locals as a "badge
of honor." Repair would be heresy. AFAIK they still fly the "Confederate
Navy Jack" third on their halyard (Stars and Bars; the official Confederate
colors were different). U.S. colors are on top and the S.C. state colors
are second (original state flag without any Confderacy elements). _Don't_
mention General William T. Sherman's or General Philip Sheridan's names
there. They're considered "fighting words." Grant's name is almost as bad.
BTW, there's still folks in western Pennsylvania who haven't forgotten the
Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 (sparked by an excise tax on whiskey which
effectively taxed the [then] frontier west much more than the east coast).
-- John
(Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts, 1786-7, is all but forgotten.)
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