But Sunday's party marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War took place about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) south of the South, in a rural Brazilian town colonized by families fleeing Reconstruction.
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Via Bill
American Civil War commemorated way down south of Dixie by Brazilian heirs of Confederates
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![Americana resident Jim Jones stands with then-Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter alongside a commemorative monument at the Americana cemetery. Carter made the visit in 1972. Notice the Confederate insignia and names of the original ninety-four settlers of Americana etched in the based on the monument. (Photographer unknown)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vcAIpVfBtC6_PQsaCybHJeUQiaBtbPxNs0-mLO4cnseKR2HdfJttk5aHMuV886y_vyRFji8KfFRhY0PH0-kycqvWsVxPA1UAsrskWO8YBDO5Ke_Kefr5lTxi8SJg1-lJu7nM6kn8tAByuTA0DwlSNb8vAXkmBCcL8nQcs=s0-d)
More links below.
Brazil’s Secret History of Southern Hospitality
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More links below.
Brazil’s Secret History of Southern Hospitality
It is Confederate Memorial Day today in FL, GA, AL & MS. Good day for the post.
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Fla.
Viva la Confederacy.
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DeleteYes, NC is May 10th.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics. I wish the Southerner would get over feeling shamed because that's
ReplyDeletethe agenda.... A very short report on the trashing of a Confederate monument in
Augusta, Georgia: (the shortest report I've ever read)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_703168.shtml
Really and hate away, it will be returned 10 fold.
DeleteNever mind, that was in 2009. I saw April 28, 2015.
ReplyDeleteIt has happened many times since then.
DeleteToo bad. Eventually it will be gone. It's like an article on Amren written by a
ReplyDeleteHispanic said, Whites are too cowardly to defend their own country.
We shall see, when it comes down to the nitty-gritty.
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