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Topic: Humour VIII
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 706 of 1450 (806205)
04-23-2017 6:31 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 807 of 1450 (817838)
08-20-2017 8:36 PM
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Not really humor, but...
Why those Confederate soldier statues look a lot like their Union counterparts quote: Many of the South's Silent Sentinels turn out to be identical to the statues of Union soldiers that decorate hundreds of public spaces across the North. Identical, but for one detail: On the soldier's belt buckle, the "U.S." is replaced by a "C.S." for "Confederate States." It turns out that a campaign in the late 19th century to memorialize the Civil War by erecting monuments was not only an attempt to honor Southern soldiers or white supremacy. It was also a remarkably successful bit of marketing sleight of hand in which New England monument companies sold the same statues to towns and citizens groups on both sides of the Civil War divide.
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 813 of 1450 (819341)
09-09-2017 6:13 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 830 of 1450 (824030)
11-21-2017 2:53 PM
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Replies to this message: | | Message 832 by dwise1, posted 11-24-2017 12:45 AM | | JonF has not replied | | Message 834 by Phat, posted 11-24-2017 1:53 AM | | JonF has not replied |
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 843 of 1450 (824267)
11-25-2017 5:58 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 857 of 1450 (829089)
03-02-2018 8:39 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 875 of 1450 (834771)
06-11-2018 7:44 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 877 of 1450 (835379)
06-22-2018 3:34 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 879 of 1450 (835856)
07-02-2018 7:59 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 880 of 1450 (836308)
07-14-2018 8:41 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 883 of 1450 (836797)
07-22-2018 4:50 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 884 of 1450 (837962)
08-11-2018 1:24 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 885 of 1450 (838159)
08-14-2018 5:03 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 887 of 1450 (838379)
08-20-2018 1:41 PM
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JonF
Member (Idle past 197 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 897 of 1450 (841276)
10-10-2018 7:30 PM
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