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Originally posted by rallem:
Thank you. I thought it might have something to do with Lincoln's stance to not rub the South's face in any dirt over it becasue it would make becoming one nation again even more difficult. Although several people did go down there and take advantage of their situation.

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It was more than "several people". The death of Lincoln changd the way the South was treated after the Civil War.

His Vice-President, Andrew Johnson, became President after Lincoln's assination and unsuccessfully tried to implement Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. He wasn't trusted because he was originally from North Carolina and was the first President impeached and tried in the Senate. He wasn't convicted but was ineffectual for the rest of his term.

The South was filled with Northerners buying land and other property from now bankrupt Southerners. They also dominated the state legislatures and passed many taxes and other laws.

This lasted only a few years though. There was a fierce back lash from the Southerners and the result was Jim Crow laws, the KKK, segregation etc.

If Reconstruction had happened like Lincoln wanted it to happen, maybe the South's poverty, segregation and the generally horrible situation would have been better.

Our progress has been significant in the past 20 years or so. Segregation is officially gone, although I still see the old attitudes in people of a certain age. The economy is moving from farming and industries like textiles and furniture (especially here in NC) to things like computers and biotechnology, but things are still slower than in other areas of the country.

And we are having a new "invasion" of Northerners that come here for jobs and to escape the high taxes and real estate prices of the Northeast when they retire.

This time though we laugh as we complain about the "damm Yankees" and smile with glee when their children grown up with a Southern accent and have an obsession with ACC basketball and NASCAR.

Sorry I got on a history rant. I guess it's the American Studies major in me or the fact that here in the South history is such a presence in our lives and we are reminded of it daily. We're still far from perfect and there's lots of room for improvement in all areas but I'd never live in any other place.


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Originally posted by Kirkules:
We don't celebrate Unification in the US because it came at the cost of thousands of our southern brothers lives. Instead we morn their loss on Memorial Day.

"Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, honors United States' armed services personnel killed during wartime.
The first Memorial Day was formally observed on May 30, 1868 in commemoration of the soldiers killed during the Civil War."

"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU"

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Originally posted by rallem:
....Sorry I got on a history rant.

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

I live in a county in Missouri that seceded from Missouri because of it's Southern convictions during the civil war. ( The rest of Missouri went Northern. ) So my young lifetime was imbued with Southern tradition and I still see it around me every day. I call myself a Southerner. Yet I was raised by folks whose folks fought on the Northern side of the war and I am a firm believer in what that terrible war brought to us and in the progress that the South is making now. So when I say this please understand my position.

We don't celebrate Unification in the US because it came at the cost of thousands of our southern and northern brother's lives. The brave African-American troops who fought as well. Instead we mourn all of their lives on Memorial Day. And all the other brave men and women who have given their lives so that we may talk freely and live freely in this great country.

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Originally posted by Kirkules:
We don't celebrate Unification in the US because it came at the cost of thousands of our southern brothers lives. Instead we morn their loss on Memorial Day.

"Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, honors United States' armed services personnel killed during wartime.
The first Memorial Day was formally observed on May 30, 1868 in commemoration of the soldiers killed during the Civil War."

"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU"

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I live in a county in Missouri that seceded from Missouri because of it's Southern convictions during the civil war. ( The rest of Missouri went Northern. ) So my young lifetime was imbued with Southern tradition and I still see it around me every day. I call myself a Southerner. Yet I was raised by folks whose folks fought on the Northern side of the war and I am a firm believer in what that terrible war brought to us and in the progress that the South is making now. So when I say this please understand my position.

We don't celebrate Unification in the US because it came at the cost of thousands of our southern and northern brother's lives. The brave African-American troops who fought as well. Instead we mourn all of their lives on Memorial Day. And all the other brave men and women who have given their lives so that we may talk freely and live freely in this great country.

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