No thanks to the beasts, Grant and Sherman. At the checkout counter, "Where you from?" Boy, "10th Mountain." Moment of reflection, "From the North?" Quick as a flash, "You calling me a dam Yankee?" Pause, "Nossir, but he's from England."
He looked at me, full of war, but we were at peace, "That's different," he grinned, and so it was.
Rise up Southron,
LSP
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It was going ok until Stoneman's Cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
All my ancestors were Union. One, from Wisconsin, was in the Iron Brigade. I think their side was more a matter of geography than any strong convictions. Now my grandchildren live in South Carolina.
If there are any hatreds that pass generation to generation it is the Irish component. There is still strong anger against England. Not Catholic, and not COE, they didn't get along with anyone.
I saw the bassist for the band, Rick Danko, at the Chance in Poughkeepsie. He was opening for the Jerry Garcia band.
BTW, has this systemically racist song of oppression and hatred been cancelled yet?
"Still got the shovel". Mr. Rate (Levon Helm) in the movie "Shooter".
My lineage on my mother's side goes back to New England during the 1600's. Eventually some of them upped stakes and followed another family member to Austin by way of New Orleans. Anton Roessler immigrated to this country from Hungary and married into the family. My grandmother would be his granddaughter.
He became chief draftsman for the arsenal at Austin in 1862. In 1864, he wrote this letter to Texas governor Murrah--
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/civilwar/documents/1864/ar_roessler_mar9_1864.html
Joan Baez tried to cancel it by butchering the lyrics in her version, does that count?
"so much calvary" what a maroon.
Mr. LL, we were hungry, just barely alive.
WSF, my dad's from the North, Wisconsin, my Ma from the south. It caused a stir when they married in the early 60s in Texas. The people remembered the war albeit at a distance.
But wow, the Irish thing's not easy at all. LL knows, he was part of that. I wasn't, thankfully.
Infidel, I think we may have been at the same concert.
Thanks for that, RHT.
My Mother's people were/are south, my Father's North, by way of Germany and Holland.
Maybe not such a bad mix.
My dad's side has some that were on both sides of that war, my mom's weren't here yet except for one German Texan, and we know how they felt about it. I know I've joked before about how I'm ashamed of what my people did to my other people. Tho I am intrigued by a theory that some memories can be passed down genetically, so there may be some validation in my claim that I'm genetically predisposed to referring to "those people" as damnyankees.
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