tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3766968781822803386..comments2024-03-28T15:33:37.338-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: On This Day...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25691114187802068332020-07-04T20:02:48.418-07:002020-07-04T20:02:48.418-07:00Brilliant!Brilliant!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8489463946129846922020-07-04T19:04:34.838-07:002020-07-04T19:04:34.838-07:00My friend Bill's re-enactment unit was in the ...My friend Bill's re-enactment unit was in the film Gods and Generals.<br />The 2nd unit directer was giving instructions to the men. To Bill he said "I want you to fall here."<br />"No, sir! My great-grandfather made it to the wall and so will I."<br />"Very well. Carry on."<br />Later the assistant director asked "Why did you let that guy tell you your job?" The director replied "They know their history a lot better than I do. Besides, they have bayonets."Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86353643956532047182020-07-04T06:26:25.763-07:002020-07-04T06:26:25.763-07:00May not be very crowded these days, which is a goo...May not be very crowded these days, which is a good thing in my book.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65239532516499807552020-07-03T21:41:17.035-07:002020-07-03T21:41:17.035-07:00When she is really fed up with me, I'll drive ...When she is really fed up with me, I'll drive there and park and spend a day just walking. It might take a few days. Based on nothing at all tonight, I can probably do the whole tour next week.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36597347500398942702020-07-03T20:44:09.107-07:002020-07-03T20:44:09.107-07:00I've crossed the Mississippi there, at night. ...I've crossed the Mississippi there, at night. So didn't really see anything.<br /><br />Yes, the "what ifs" of history.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25422071980633961782020-07-03T20:21:09.223-07:002020-07-03T20:21:09.223-07:00I've been there twice. The amount of unknowns...I've been there twice. The amount of unknowns was striking to me. 12000 in one cemetery. It is still carrying the scars from that siege. Amazing the amount of earth work done. Some many lost...<br /><br />My GGgrandpa would've been there if not for his capture at Corinth, MS under Sterling Price. Weird to think I wouldn't be here if he had been in Vicksburg.<br /><br />STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77453991272370682702020-07-03T19:03:42.387-07:002020-07-03T19:03:42.387-07:00The men understood America better than the politic...The men understood America better than the politicians.<br /><br />Still holds true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11785517036972189362020-07-03T16:55:25.371-07:002020-07-03T16:55:25.371-07:00(Don McCollor)...There often seemed to be little h...(Don McCollor)...There often seemed to be little hatred in the front line, only an eerie strangeness. At night, soldiers of both sides would slip past their pickets into no man's land to trade coffee for tobacco. The next day, they would do their level best to kill each other...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36502700942812967032020-07-03T13:22:29.563-07:002020-07-03T13:22:29.563-07:00Which fell on the 4th of July. We remember, a toug...Which fell on the 4th of July. We remember, a tough time for the folks of that fair city.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79295000961309261962020-07-03T13:04:10.851-07:002020-07-03T13:04:10.851-07:00And please don't forget Vicksburg, it too shou...And please don't forget Vicksburg, it too should be remembered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60194912116263072832020-07-03T10:22:07.569-07:002020-07-03T10:22:07.569-07:00The stupidity of the '60s and '70s has ret...The stupidity of the '60s and '70s has returned.<br /><br />I too hope they smarten up.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23154003347577835902020-07-03T10:21:15.740-07:002020-07-03T10:21:15.740-07:00There's actually a U.S. Code which covers the ...There's actually a U.S. Code which covers the flag, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/chapter-1" rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41305801014393777582020-07-03T10:20:04.837-07:002020-07-03T10:20:04.837-07:00Darkness if it's illuminated, rain if it's...Darkness if it's illuminated, rain if it's an all-weather flag. The full U.S. Code dealing with the flag is <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/chapter-1" rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2862960895948336522020-07-03T10:17:26.598-07:002020-07-03T10:17:26.598-07:00There are many who do remember. They need to stand...There are many who do remember. They need to stand up.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37589418575918484122020-07-03T10:16:22.886-07:002020-07-03T10:16:22.886-07:00Precisely.Precisely.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59076005403323137382020-07-03T10:02:02.363-07:002020-07-03T10:02:02.363-07:00The bravery on both sides of the War Between the S...The bravery on both sides of the War Between the States was incredible. The disrespect shown by today's generation and associated 'activists' (read communist agitators and revolutionaries) is despicable and should be resisted at every turn. At some point, they will likely cross the line everyone has, and they will not like the consequences... I hope they smarten up before then... we are reliving the late 60's and 70's ...Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49007440859861637492020-07-03T09:57:45.974-07:002020-07-03T09:57:45.974-07:00The flag may be flown in the rain as long as it is...The flag may be flown in the rain as long as it is a "all weather flag" - this according to the American Legion flag etiquette<br />But I am not sure how to tell if a flag is "all weather"<br />Reminds me, I have to clean a flag we inherited, a memorial to a fallen patriot. It's been tucked away for several years, but I think we have stopped hurting long enough that we should clean it and display it, which I think will be a more fitting memorial to our friend's sacrifice. Wow, it got dusty in here all of a sudden - didn't expect that...Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89355243265635483822020-07-03T09:36:38.693-07:002020-07-03T09:36:38.693-07:00And a weird shift slightly off-topic.
I know I ca...And a weird shift slightly off-topic.<br /><br />I know I can fly The Flag in rain and in darkness, as long as it's illuminated. <br /><br />The question is, should I? Was taught long ago not to fly the flag in rain, but that was in the old days back when they were still made of wool and cotton and early synthetics and rain would make the ink run.<br /><br />How say you?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33492993621641408162020-07-03T09:34:59.744-07:002020-07-03T09:34:59.744-07:00That men who hated each other so much could then c...That men who hated each other so much could then clasp each other's hands in friendship, from the start of the surrender, is amazing. Grant and other Union commanders who gave the Southerners full honors as they surrendered and left for home, just tears me up. So much potential for peace fecklessly thrown away by an assassin's bullet.<br /><br />Yet the men, so many men, broken physically or mentally, still considered their enemy to be their brothers years later, makes me cry in joy for what was and in shame for what now is.<br /><br />The really sad thing? All the lessons from the Civil War regarding war, like all the lessons from the Crimean War, were thrown away or forgotten by almost everyone world-wide by the time WWI came around. And too many commanders on both sides refused to learn, to innovate. Grant, in all his cold calculating self, would have been appalled at the waste of men by the British and French, and even the Germans.<br /><br /><br />But onto other things...<br /><br />We remember. We may be the last generation, or second-to-last generation to do so, but as long as we who remember still live, so does the ideal and dream of this great nation. Let us hope that people begin to remember her greatness again.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55615499094332963362020-07-03T09:25:09.652-07:002020-07-03T09:25:09.652-07:00Obama and his cronies broke it. From Day 1 of his...Obama and his cronies broke it. From Day 1 of his administration he and his pack of ghouls hammered at everything sacred in this nation. <br /><br />It was during his administration that the first round of Attack the Statues successfully occurred.<br /><br />It was during his election that packs of agitators chased off white people from voting.<br /><br />It was during his administration that the Department of Justice dropped over 50 cases of Voter Fraud stemming from the 2008 election, and then refused to look into any voter fraud that was for the dems during the 2012 election.<br /><br />And then the whole set up Trump thingy that we're still dealing with.<br /><br />It was like everything was normal, then he stepped onto the field and suddenly everything was broken. He, his shadow handlers and his supporters made up division where there was none.<br /><br />And we are still dealing with that mess of bull scat.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53999569054719208492020-07-03T09:12:24.328-07:002020-07-03T09:12:24.328-07:00Excellent point!Excellent point!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73868783475110350332020-07-03T08:43:50.792-07:002020-07-03T08:43:50.792-07:00If we learned of the futility, it was quickly forg...If we learned of the futility, it was quickly forgotten. Yet it remains true that men, with rifles and willpower, are the only thing that can take, and hold, ground. Now we must consider whether or not the ground is worth the sacrifice. Probably best to consider beforehand than in afterthought.<br />bmgman@swbell.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770293840128481075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87957047044456158882020-07-03T08:10:37.293-07:002020-07-03T08:10:37.293-07:00Things in this country were very different 157 yea...Things in this country were very different 157 years ago. Those throwing those "treason" and "racist" labels around are traitors to the American ideal, they are also trying to use race (a false concept to begin with, we're all one race, the human race) to divide us. Why didn't Obama fix this crap, some have asked.<br /><br />BECAUSE IT WASN'T BROKEN!!!<br />OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77938464622147860142020-07-03T06:59:39.004-07:002020-07-03T06:59:39.004-07:00Star, I thought the same. I hate the current narra...Star, I thought the same. I hate the current narrative that anyone on the Confederate side was a racist guilty of treason. Different times that can't, nor should live up to today's values. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25953329715019528652020-07-03T06:45:12.123-07:002020-07-03T06:45:12.123-07:00Yup.Yup.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com