Hi Deane,
Must be different experiences in Virginia.
I have a photo of my great-grandmother from Amelia County back in the late
1890's wearing an American flag pin and several of my Richmond city
relatives whom have now passed away celebrated the 4th of July, many of the
old Richmond city newspapers I have been through have kid's drawings and
poems for the 4th of July and ads and articles on the 4th covering many
years.
But as we all know everyone lives different experiences during their
lives.
Just thought I would add what little I know about Richmond and the 4th.
God bless,
Beth
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From: "Deane" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Hampton (Virginia) National Cemetary: 757.723.7104
> PS.
> A few years ago my (now 85 year old) mother, asked me what I would like to
> have for my birthday.
> When I mentioned that I would LOVE to have a flag pole and a flag, she
> looked at me and said,
> "Why do you want a flag pole?"
> "To fly a flag!!"
> She said, "What flag?"
> I said, "An American flag, of course."
> She thought that over and then said, "Well, when I was growing up in
> Richmond, no one flew the American flag very much. We didn't even
celebrate
> the 4th of July all that much."
>
> Deane Mills
> York County Virginia
>
>
>
>
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> From: Deane <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Hampton (Virginia) National Cemetary: 757.723.7104
>
>
> > I would like to wade into these waters and put forth the idea that
history
> > is not just what is and has been written down in books, but also that
> which
> > is remembered and passed on from one generation to the next. I mentioned
> to
> > this List, a week or so ago, that my 4 grandparents were all born in the
> > South (Virginia and North Carolina) in the decade or so following The
> Wah.
> > Two of those grandparents lived to be astute and alert and active people
> who
> > reached the ages of 100 and 102 years old; I was blessed to have them
and
> > their wisdom for well into my 40's.
> > They were able to related to me stories about what life in the South was
> > like before the War, during the War, and after the War.
> > That period of American history......living through a horrible, terrible
> war
> > that was fought in one's own back yard, and then living through the hell
> of
> > Reconstruction, being at the mercy of an occupying enemy army, left an
> > INDELIBLE impression on those who experienced it.
> > During the Viet Nam war, my grandmother was STILL talking about the
Civil
> > War.
> > Unless Professors Forsythe and Finkelman and others like them were close
> to
> > someone who could give them the benefit of first hand experience, all
they
> > know is what they have read or been taught by someone else who probably
> > wasn't there.
> > Deane Mills
> > Yorktown VA
> >
> >
> > > War aims, collective political identity, the locus of patriotism, and
> > > many other great questions of history, cannot be resolved by a
> > > single quotation or a single item of evidence.
> > > The earlier post, referring to the defection of slave states from
the
> > > Confederate cause, and the pro-Union stance of so many free
> > > whites in states that had formally withdrawn from the Union, should
> > > give us pause in even claiming that the white South, let alone the
> > > black South, was unified on any question during the period 1860-
> > > 1865.
> > >
> > > Harold
> >
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