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You Lost, Get Over It! The opponents of Southern heritage often repeat the trope: “You lost, get over it.” One of them told me that it was “ironic” that we honor both the US and CS flags. But of course, the postbellum states of the CSA were annexed into the reunited USA. They were forced back into the Union. Therefore, thirteen of the stars on today’s Old Glory represent Confederate states. American history is incredibly inclusive as well as intricate. And to this day, when there is a war to be fought, the South is always over-represented. And when Yankees retire or go on vacation, they usually go South rather than North. I don’t blame them. ....
Share This: It is a notable thing to survive a major war. Veterans of these wars held in the highest esteem among other veterans they have experienced things most could not imagine. Every once in a while, you will hear of veterans who served in two major conflicts. For example, due to their relatively close proximity to one another, there were several people who served in both WWI and WWII. For example, Gen. Patton was a tank commander in WWI and would go on to lead the Third and Seventh Armies in WWII. However, many of us tend to think in terms of centuries and wouldn’t necessarily associate wars from the 1900s with wars from the 1800s. The Civil War was a long ways off from WWI but the country’s history isn’t that long in general. 52 years prior to the first world war, America was embroiled in the most casualty producing war in its history by far: the Civil War. ....