When we took a trip from Memphis to New Orleans this spring I was struck by one oddity...They called

[peacebird]

The Civil War "The War of Northern Aggression"

Hubby and I commented on it, wondering if some of the plantation houses and towns were play acting. But a local told us they were quite serious, that's how it is viewed.....

Bizarre.

[LordGlenconner]

1. It's all part of their "heritage".

Never understood the desire to celebrate and romanticize losers.

And traitors, for that matter.

[hobbit709]

2. Translation: The confederacy opened fire on FT. Sumter.

Since the fort fired back it was "aggression"

[arcane1]

3. It reminds me of how the Vietnam war is seen as a crime they committed against US.

Kooky

[shedevil69taz]

4. Especcially odd since it was the Confederacy that fired the first shots n/t

[HassleCat]

5. Well, sure

How would you feel if the Canadians invaded and took away your property? That's what the north did to the south when they took away slaves from owners. Of course, the average southerner didn't own slaves, and was pretty much duped into supporting, and dying for, the institution of slavery in the name of "state's rights." But that's an inconvenient part of the story.