Reenacting the Civil War's first important battle

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6-04-2011 @ 7:24PM

Scott said...

NO, NO, NO! Every veteran knows you do not "celebrate" a battle...even one from 150 years ago. Commemorate? Yes. But there's nothing to celebrate in seeing your buddy get his head blown off. War is not entertainment...it is not a video game. Come one, journalistic America, listen to your veterans and historians. Get real. War (including this civil war sesquicentennial) is not to be "celebrated!" Nuff said!

6-05-2011 @ 1:23AM

Sean McLachlan said...

You are entirely correct. It was a slip of the keyboard, which happens sometimes when writing for the 24-hour news cycle of a popular blog. Embarrassing, though, especially considering that I'm a Civil War researcher!

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