SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
from tonguetied.us
Some newcomers in Hanover County, Virginia want the name of the annual Civil War commemoration changed from "Dixie Days" to something less reminiscent of the South, according to the Washington Times.
Hanover County Supervisor Timothy E. Ernst says the name is "an example of the wounds that are still very sensitive to ancestors of the Confederate war, which we can also call the great unpleasantness."
But Grayson Jennings, commander of the Cold Harbor Guards Camp division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Virginia, says they'll hold the event on private property or even outside the county before they change the name.
"It's our event. We can call it what we want," Jennings says. "This is our heritage. We are not changing the name."
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Newcomers. Read halfbacks.
I don't think there are any surviving ANCESTORS of the War for Southern Independence, dumbass.
You can call it the great unpleasantness if you like. I'll laugh at you when you do, and it'll most likely get you bitchslapped before the week's over, but by all means, be my guest.
As a dues paying card carrying member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a direct descendant of numerous Confederate soldiers (one of whom was lynched by a trespassing yankee), I endorse Mr. Jennings' sentiments wholeheartedly. It's really simple...if you don't want to participate, or don't like the name, or don't support the idea...THEN STAY HOME!!!! SCV members do not practice racism...we have members who are white, black, and Native American, so long as they are directly descended from a Confederate veteran. What we do practice is the preservation of accurate history and the commemoration of brave men who died for a cause we support; that being the right of the Confederacy to have existed in the first place. Don't agree? Wonderful. No one is compelling you to attend the event. But I be damned if you'll also tell us how to run it.
Some newcomers in Hanover County, Virginia want the name of the annual Civil War commemoration changed from "Dixie Days" to something less reminiscent of the South, according to the Washington Times.
Hanover County Supervisor Timothy E. Ernst says the name is "an example of the wounds that are still very sensitive to ancestors of the Confederate war, which we can also call the great unpleasantness."
But Grayson Jennings, commander of the Cold Harbor Guards Camp division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Virginia, says they'll hold the event on private property or even outside the county before they change the name.
"It's our event. We can call it what we want," Jennings says. "This is our heritage. We are not changing the name."
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Newcomers. Read halfbacks.
I don't think there are any surviving ANCESTORS of the War for Southern Independence, dumbass.
You can call it the great unpleasantness if you like. I'll laugh at you when you do, and it'll most likely get you bitchslapped before the week's over, but by all means, be my guest.
As a dues paying card carrying member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a direct descendant of numerous Confederate soldiers (one of whom was lynched by a trespassing yankee), I endorse Mr. Jennings' sentiments wholeheartedly. It's really simple...if you don't want to participate, or don't like the name, or don't support the idea...THEN STAY HOME!!!! SCV members do not practice racism...we have members who are white, black, and Native American, so long as they are directly descended from a Confederate veteran. What we do practice is the preservation of accurate history and the commemoration of brave men who died for a cause we support; that being the right of the Confederacy to have existed in the first place. Don't agree? Wonderful. No one is compelling you to attend the event. But I be damned if you'll also tell us how to run it.
