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January 22, 2008
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The April 12th marked the 150th Anniversary of the start of the War of Northern Aggression.
In North, Civil War sites, events long 'forgotten'
The gravesite of a Union Army major general sits largely forgotten in a small cemetery along the Massachusetts Turnpike.
A piece of the coat worn by President Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated rests quietly in a library attic in a Boston suburb. It's shown upon request, a rare occurrence.
A monument honoring one of the first official Civil War black units stands in a busy intersection in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse, barely gaining notice from the hustle of tourists and workers who pass by each day.
As the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, states in the old South — the side that lost — are hosting elaborate re-enactments, intricate memorials, even formal galas highlighting the war's persistent legacy in the region. But for many states in the North — the side that won — only scant, smaller events are planned in an area of the nation that helped sparked the conflict but now, historians say, struggles to acknowledge it. More...
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March 27, 2009
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To Honor all that fell in this War is and should at the top of our list! Let us not ever forget why!
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January 24, 2009
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That's an interesting comparison & something I hadn't really pondered much before. I assume it's because once the war was over, the attitude in the north was "it's over, let's move on"...while the south was still relatively angry & those feelings eventually cooled down to what we see today.
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January 24, 2009
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Let me add an addendum to my previous post...
I think that southerners overall, have a heightened sense of patriotism. The rest of the nation's citizens will say "of course I love my country", but the average southerner will unabashedly proclaim that he/she is an American patriot!
I think that is what the previous feelings of northern aggression have culminated into through the years...unabashed patriotism for one's country.
Sadly, the same can't be said for many of the other "enlightened & forward thinking (progressive)" states. 
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