not whistling Dixie

April 24, 2007 at 2:16 AM

Today was a state holiday for government offices in Georgia. It was "Confederate Memorial Day". Yikes! I am glad we didn't have to celebrate that in school.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 6:01 AM

One time I was reading about Gettysburg. I was surprised to learn that the number of deaths in that single battle, which lasted only a couple of days, was the same as the whole American losses in the Vietnam war.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 6:14 AM

Oops, it's total casualties vs. fatalities that are the same. Thanks for clearing that up for me... Still about 1/6 the number though.

From Anne Horvath
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 12:35 PM

We here in Alabama were deprived of that holiday. I am a second generation Yankee Carpetbagger, so I will pass on commenting. For anyone interested, Tony Horwitz wrote a marvelous book called "Confederates in the Attic: Dispatched from the Unfinished Civil War".

From Donna Clegg
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 3:34 PM

The strangest thing of all...when my daughter was attempting to deal with US government officials in Johannesburg, South Africa a few years ago, the office in Jo'burg was closed for Confederate Memorial Day...go figure.

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