A Hundred And Fifty Seven Years Ago Today, Robert E Lee Surrenders

[Tigerace117]

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War.

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is commemorating this event this weekend. Beth Parnicza, the chief of education and visitor services at the park, said they also call this day Freedom Day because that surrender made emancipation a reality for enslaved people in the area and across the country.”

Appomattox Court House commemorates the 157th anniversary of the end of civil war

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War. The Appomattox Court House...

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A day worth celebrating. Although the slavers would rebound and successfully institute a program of tyranny across the South, their war to break the United States apart and protect slavery had come to a bloody, and final, end.

 

[TheParser]

Even someone as stupid as I could have predicted that there would someday be a civil war when some people were forced to come to America in 1619 to work for no wages.

One really does reap what one sows. Any farmer can tell you that.

 

[Tigerace117]

Even someone as stupid as I could have predicted that there would someday be a civil war when some people were forced to come to America in 1619 to work for no wages.

One really does reap what one sows. Any farmer can tell you that.

Unfortunately the former Confederates were able to take right back over a decade later and institute decades of repression and terrorism.

 

[Grandpappy]

 

[Tigerace117]

The south was fighting for one of the most evil causes in human history.

If anything, the north was way too lenient in the aftermath.

 

[TheParser]

Unfortunately the former Confederates were able to take right back over a decade later and institute decades of repression and terrorism.

Some serious observers admit that the former slaves were not yet ready to participate in governing the South.

While NOT condoning the establishment of segregation, those serious observers suggest that people living in 2022 cannot possibly understand the situation in the South right after the Civil War.

So perhaps it is better for today's Americans to stop obsessing over the past and to concentrate on today.

They would point to the recent confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice as proof that the United States is now a totally different kind of political entity.

 

[Tigerace117]

Some serious observers admit that the former slaves were not yet ready to participate in governing the South.

While NOT condoning the establishment of segregation, those serious observers suggest that people living in 2022 cannot possibly understand the situation in the South right after the Civil War.

So perhaps it is better for today's Americans to stop obsessing over the past and to concentrate on today.

They would point to the recent confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice as proof that the United States is now a totally different kind of political entity.

Then those “serious observers” are laughably ignorant. There was absolutely NO reason to be love that the former slaves were “unready to participate in governing the south”. If anything, it was white southerners who showed their unwillingness to accept democracy, launching dozens of terrorist attacks and even a couple outright coups to deny African Americans their rights.

The situation in the south was simple— southerners fanatically refused to accept that African Americans were slaves anymore, and sought to restore as much of the “good old days” as they could via terrorism.

 

[j brown's body]

Some serious observers admit that the former slaves were not yet ready to participate in governing the South.

While NOT condoning the establishment of segregation, those serious observers suggest that people living in 2022 cannot possibly understand the situation in the South right after the Civil War.

So perhaps it is better for today's Americans to stop obsessing over the past and to concentrate on today.

They would point to the recent confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice as proof that the United States is now a totally different kind of political entity.

Thats an antiquated view, from the Dunning School. As a child, I was taught that the blacks were not ready for freedom. I now realize it was actually the whites who weren't ready for it. And many still aren't.

Here's a good place to start.

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

 

[Loulit01]

Thats an antiquated view, from the Dunning School. As a child, I was taught that the blacks were not ready for freedom. I now realize it was actually the whites who weren't ready for it. And many still aren't.

Here's a good place to start.

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

Amen.

 

[Loulit01]

Some serious observers admit that the former slaves were not yet ready to participate in governing the South.

While NOT condoning the establishment of segregation, those serious observers suggest that people living in 2022 cannot possibly understand the situation in the South right after the Civil War.

So perhaps it is better for today's Americans to stop obsessing over the past and to concentrate on today.

They would point to the recent confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice as proof that the United States is now a totally different kind of political entity.

Nonsense. Republicans fought Jackson's appointment tooth and nail. If it were up to them she wouldn't be on the court. For neo-conservatives to now turn around and say the country's completely different because she's on the court, despite their efforts, is the worst kind of two-faced hypocrisy. The gall is stunning.

 

[Grandpappy]

157 years. Some progress has been made. But the hangover from the Civil War lives on. It's insane.

 

[Tigerace117]

157 years. Some progress has been made. But the hangover from the Civil War lives on. It's insane.

Yes, conservatives continuing to celebrate the Confederacy is insane.

 

[Loulit01]

Lee surrendered but some people haven't heard the news.

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[Grandpappy]

Yes, conservatives continuing to celebrate the Confederacy is insane.

Who's celebrating the Confederacy? I'm certainly not, nor are the Republicans I know. It's HISTORY, man, history.

 

[Tigerace117]

Who's celebrating the Confederacy? I'm certainly not, nor are the Republicans I know. It's HISTORY, man, history.

And yet conservatives cling to the confederate flag like a security blanket and wail miserably when Confederate statues come crashing down.

 

[yankintx]

Some serious observers admit that the former slaves were not yet ready to participate in governing the South.

While NOT condoning the establishment of segregation, those serious observers suggest that people living in 2022 cannot possibly understand the situation in the South right after the Civil War.

So perhaps it is better for today's Americans to stop obsessing over the past and to concentrate on today.

They would point to the recent confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice as proof that the United States is now a totally different kind of political entity.

As most slaves where forbidden to learn much more than to write there name and basic math they where at a serious disadvantage when made free men. Very few University's would accept black men and women as students, thus it was necessary to create there own centers of higher learning.

 

[Juin]

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War.

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is commemorating this event this weekend. Beth Parnicza, the chief of education and visitor services at the park, said they also call this day Freedom Day because that surrender made emancipation a reality for enslaved people in the area and across the country.”

Appomattox Court House commemorates the 157th anniversary of the end of civil war

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War. The Appomattox Court House...

wset.com

A day worth celebrating. Although the slavers would rebound and successfully institute a program of tyranny across the South, their war to break the United States apart and protect slavery had come to a bloody, and final, end.

Of the two Lee was the greater General. The Union Army was by miles the greater Army. So it is wiser to seek command of the better Army

 

[Tigerace117]

Of the two Lee was the greater General. The Union Army was by miles the greater Army. So it is wiser to seek command of the better Army

Yet when they went head to head it was Grant, not Lee who emerged victorious

 

[Bodi]

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War.

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is commemorating this event this weekend. Beth Parnicza, the chief of education and visitor services at the park, said they also call this day Freedom Day because that surrender made emancipation a reality for enslaved people in the area and across the country.”

Appomattox Court House commemorates the 157th anniversary of the end of civil war

Saturday, April 9, marks the anniversary of a historic day locally and nationally. 157 years ago, on April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox-- marking the beginning of the end of the Civil War. The Appomattox Court House...

wset.com

A day worth celebrating. Although the slavers would rebound and successfully institute a program of tyranny across the South, their war to break the United States apart and protect slavery had come to a bloody, and final, end.

I still feel bad for the Southerners who started and lost a war that killed 500,000 Americans and ended their ability to own people.

Thanks for the reminder.