Thread by @marygerdt

I might lose followers RT’ing this nut I agree wholeheartedly. I’m looking for the appreciation of Union Soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War that wasn’t civil. My Great Great Grandfather died at Shiloh. Barely off the boat from Bohemia. Left widow and 4 children.

https://twitter.com/jaromebellva/status/1405565378651111428

His name was Myrtengren and they shortened to Green when he enlisted. So when his widow tried to collect his $5 survivors pension, she got hassled proving that was her husband. Mom told me that story many times. History fading into myths. The South was Ransacked, Devastated.

I was not upset at Lee’s Statue. He didn’t Start the War. He actually Ended it. Generals aren’t supposed to tell the Leaders, let’s call this off. Lee did.Obstinate, yes,Democrat leaders wanted to stand their ground, burning all around. South burned to Hell. Southerners suffered

Any land grants given to blacks eaten up by taxes, tax sales and by poor planning, like land left to 20 heirs and it gets whittled to nothing. Segregated schools, interracial marriage bans into the 1960’s,! Why did General Lee have to be the symbol of hate? It was Bureaucratica

traveloguefortheuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/bureau… Bureaucratica. Nobody helped the Blacks emerge from bondage, did they? Like help with literacy,social workers, financial planners, not just grants of money. Cognitive help with becoming a Free Person. Instead, letting them founder.

I’ll still say Happy #JuneTeenth2021 Federal employees will have another paid day off, costing everyone. Employers can start deciding if they can afford it balanced with #Wokeness . Can we include all the victims of the Civil War? So many fought and died or injured, lives ruined.

Lee’s Monument in Richmond sits in the middle of that City that shines now. The City that saw War Destroy it. The City Lee Defended, full of starving civilians, casualties of war. battlefields.org/learn/articles…

“The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down” by Levon Helm sang it best… “take what you need and leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best”. To vilify the Southerners and Glorify Northerners is naive. All War is Hell.

We now live near Trevilians, Virginia and will go explore the battlefield soon. I do know all around here in Louisa County, soldiers camped, assembled, fought, were wounded, died. All for the Obstinacy of the South’s Democratic Leadership. The Soldiers were not slave owners.

If I lost You, I’ll be honest, Life’s too short to argue about statues or holidays. If you must argue with my viewpoints, I won’t last long. Never could fight. My opinions are free,as am I. 🙏🏼😎 fin
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I didn’t mean to type “nut” ‘!! Can’t edit out!!