NOT FOR FAME OR REWARD, NOT FOR PLACE OR FOR RANK, NOT LURED BY AMBITION OR GOADED BY NECESSITY, BUT IN SIMPLE OBEDIENCE TO DUTY AS THEY UNDERSTOOD IT, THESE MEN SUFFERED ALL, SACRIFICED ALL, DARED ALL, AND DIED.What would you have done ... if you had walked in their shoes....
--Confederate Memorial, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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What would Shaun Kenney do?
And fought and died for a treasonous allegiance to the state they lived in and its repressive policies towards the "property" held by "farmers."
Agitator, I don't know what Shaun Kenney would do. You may want to ask him yourself.
Jim, I already know your thoughts from your post.
My question was meant for those who were willing to stop and think about living in a different time ... when faced with taking up arms against their fellow Virginians -- neighbors, family, friends.
What would any of us have done in such a tragic time? It was an awful era in America ... much as bloggers going at each other's throats, or conservatives and liberals going after each other.
My family, which goes back generations in Virginia, did not have slaves or plantations -- but they had their Virginia blood running through their veins, and loyalty to family and home. They were called to duty and they fought to protect their homes.
What would I do? If I wanted to avoid the wrath of the politically correct crowd, I would say those who fought for the Confederacy were wrong.
But in my heart, knowing how much I love my home state and knowing how loyal I am to friends and family, I probably would have stayed loyal at a time of war and not turned my back on the Commonwealth.
Thankfully, I do not have to make that decision. And I do not condemn anyone for whichever way they feel about the issue.
On a mountain in Grayson County in southwest Virginia are the remains of my great-grandparents' cabin. In the nearby woods are family graves ... including a soldier who died during the Civil War. I cannot begin to know what anguish they went through with the decision to go to war, and then the deaths that came with those decisions. We are too far removed from them and the stories have become lost with the passing of time....
Thanks for stopping by, Jim ... and thank you for your service to our country. We admire and respect our military. God bless. ~Lynn Mitchell
Still trying to inspire all your fellow crew members I see US Naval Officer Hoeft?
You are allowed that opinion as a private citizen, and I'd fight to preserve your right to disagree with me on the subject.
You are so out of line with this public display of profanity towards General's Lee and Jackson, and all those serviceman who serve today and even under your command.
You are only digging your hole deeper, and I hope your superior officers are taking note of your inability to control your personal feelings despite your duties to uphold unit cohesion and morale among our service personnel.
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