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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 24 Aug 2017

    Irene Triplett is the sole surviving person receiving a Civil War pension from the VA.https://usat.ly/2g9LoA2 

    3:45 PM - 24 Aug 2017
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      2. catmom‏ @catmom_of4 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Note: the veteran in this article is USA veteran. Not confederate. Confederates are not veterans.

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      3. greyamerican‏ @Callousamerica 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        How are they not? Anyone who serves is a veteran.

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      4. Ronda Belle Van Liew‏ @LiewRonda 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Callousamerica @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        They were veterans of a war on the side of a country that the U.S. defeated & no longer exists. Name another such 'veteran' with a statue!!

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. greyamerican‏ @Callousamerica 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @LiewRonda @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        The crazy house monument for one. The German and Italian pow memorials

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Ronda Belle Van Liew‏ @LiewRonda 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Callousamerica @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        Equivalent to generals on horseback? Think not.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. greyamerican‏ @Callousamerica 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @LiewRonda @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        Just curious. What do you think then if they are celebrated for being statesmen as well?

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      8. Ronda Belle Van Liew‏ @LiewRonda 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Callousamerica @catmom_of4 @USATODAY

        Another topic? These statues were put up well after the Civil War and during a height in open racism that we have not seen again until now.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      9. Ronda Belle Van Liew‏ @LiewRonda 31 Aug 2017
        Replying to @LiewRonda @Callousamerica and

        ...They celebrate the war and the Generals who fought for slavery. They explain nothing. They are not historically accurate. It's equivalent

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      2. Jim Livio‏ @JimLivio 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        And Trump wants to take it away from her so his billionaire buddies can buy silk toilet paper to wipe their buttholes with.

        1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Cheryl Farr‏ @gmo1stmimi 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @gmo1stmimi Unless #IreneTriplett is INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY, what is supposed to be able to accomplish with $73 per month! @NAACP

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      2. David‏ @dmich916 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Interesting. I love stories like this about last surviving veterans of wars. @bicki1535

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. B.S.‏ @bicki1535 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @dmich916 @USATODAY

        Wow civil war

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      1. Ryan Tavis Stewart‏ @rtstewie 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Thank God they finally processed all of her paperwork.

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      2. Gem‏ @newjackorganize 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Disgraceful

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      3. Why U Care?‏ @TahoeTrekker 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @newjackorganize @USATODAY

        I think you should also request government benefits for mental disability because you can't understand basic English. READ. THE. ARTICLE.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Gem‏ @newjackorganize 30 Aug 2017
        Replying to @TahoeTrekker @USATODAY

        I think it's disgraceful that the pension has not been adjusted for inflation. 76$?

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Just Say WOO!‏ @Recherei 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        She was born in 1930. The civil war was over 65 years before. If he was 15 when the war ended and she married at 15. He married at 95.

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      3.  ❄ ❄ ❄It's Coming ❄ ❄ ❄‏ @LTrctrc 26 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Recherei @USATODAY

        He was born in 1846 and married her mother in 1924. That means he married at 78.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Katie Malone‏ @malkat1987 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @LTrctrc @Recherei @USATODAY

        Reminds me of President Tyler-he had kids late, and one of those kids had kids late. Tyler has living grandchildren.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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