Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney, found out that many historians in and outside
of the South still consider Virginia land "sacred soil". Cousin Shelby Foote
said he was afraid that Disney would do to Virginia what they had done to the
Animal Kingdom.
The lessons Eisner learned are recounted at chotank.com on the Disney's
America web pages.
Avon Edward Foote, author CHOTANKERS, University of North Alabama,
Huntsville-Decatur-Florence ADI http://www.chotank.com/disneyrom.html
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>Vesta-
> My reading is generally earlier than the Civil War, but 12 or 15 years ago
>(I was still at LVA at the time) Harvard Univ Press published a wonderful
>study of Northern attitudes toward Virginia that argued, in essence, that
>Union generals and soldiers from the North East were wowed by the Old
>Dominion and those from the west less so - U. S. Grant being among the
>latter. It was a fascinating read, it may address your question, and
>doubtless other Va-Hist folks will remember author, title etc.
>All the best, Jon Kukla
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>> Can anyone help answer the following question which came to me from
>> a northern born Civil War historian.
>> In reading the letters and diaries of Union soldiers, he has noted
>> that, on crossing the Potomac for the first time, virtually all of them
>> refer, sardonically or with bemusement, to "the sacred soil of
>> Virginia."
>> He wonders why so many young men from scattered places throughout
>> the North, with a variety of educational backgrounds, would have all had
>> that phrase on their minds.
>> Does anyone know (a) who originated the phrase and (b) why it
>> would have been so well known in 1861 to unsophisticated chaps.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Vesta Gordon
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