Thread: Should Confederate Memorial Day(s) exist?

Originally Posted by shrubnose

IL wAR.

That sick idea was put in the trash can by the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War.

thats true, but that is how states got around "the princplces of life liberty and pursuit of happiness"

Originally Posted by SlevinKelevra

Doesn't to me. Confederate soldiers KILLED Americans.

It was a CIVIL war. Both sides killed Americans if you consider that all of the combatants were Americans.

Originally Posted by jamesrage

The Tories we American colonists on the side of the British. If you think confederate soldiers deserve a memorial day then how are you going to argue that Tories shouldn't get a memorial day? They are no different than the confederates who did not want to be Americans.

James, I can't quite see why you're raging. I understand that you are totally Cal. That's why you keep alluding to a different war. You don't have any connection to the civil war. OK, which side was CA on? That's what I thought.

The African Americans in my area celebrate June Teenth. I't was almost a year after the slave workers were freed that Texas authorities got around to telling them about it.

Tories, fugetaboutit🔓

Originally Posted by d0gbreath

So, the date in various southern states varies from Jan. to Jun.

Does anyone else wonder why it can't be observed on the last Monday in May? You know; Memorial Day. That's the day of observance for all American Soldiers who died in battle. The Union Army soldiers are observed then. Why not observe the bravery and courage of those that gave all to the Confederate Army side on that same day? It makes total sense to me.

Well, maybe because the states in the South decided to not participate in Decoration Day (as it was called in the day) because it was created by the North. That is at least how I think it is. The North had not designed it for just their fallen soldiers but for every soldier fallen in the civil war IMHO, but there survived a staunch Confederate desire to not do it on the same day that it was observed by their "enemies" or those who had defeated their Confederate States.

But that is just an assumption. I think Memorial day should be seen (and I think is seen by a lot of Americans) as the day when the US remembers all fallen Americans in war, including the confederate American fatalities.

Anyone can celebrate any holiday they want. If you don't like it, don't celebrate. It isn't like the body count from the regular Memorial Day is any lower. What is this, celebrating deaths you like and not celebrating deaths you didn't?