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American History

Staph

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2. Fascinating!

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2020, 09:18 PM

Dec 2020

In the first film, during the parade in 1915, I noticed that several of the flag bearers for the troops were young women!

And it's nice to see, in the second film at Gettysburg, where there were both Union and Confederate veterans, there wasn't a single Confederate flag to be seen.

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1915 Civil War Vets Parade, Grand Army of The Rep. Penn. Ave: 1938 Gettysburg 75th Anniv. [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

Neat. I like the clackity clack noise of the old projector. mitch96 Dec 2020 #1

Fascinating! Staph Dec 2020 #2

There were according to estimates Lifelong Protester Mar 2021 #3