In a message dated 8/30/01 12:41:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> The problem with your statement about ante-bellum Americans believing
> that their primary loyalty was to their state and not a country is that
> it is false.
>
>
> Note to Mr. Huddleston:
>
> It depends on who you talk to and who's words you listen to.
>
> The great Commander, Robert E. Lee stated he would fight to DEFEND VIRGINIA.
>

Not the "Confederacy", not the South", but Virginia.


> Also, the great statesman, Mr Randolph, of Roanoke, once stated, "When I
> speak of my country, I am referring to the Commonwealth of Virginia."

Regards to all,

Kristyn Ankrom
Colonial Heights, Virginia
10th generation Virginian

Note to Deane in Yorktown:
 I LOVED your posting yesterday. It was great! Speaking of the U-Boats, I
remember my grandmother, Dorothy Payne Ankrom, telling me she and some of her
friends would drive over to the Chamberlain Hotel in Hampton, get out their
binoculars and watch the U-Boats riding around Hampton Roads.

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