The Virginia side of Rt. 1 is still called the fucking Jefferson Davis Highway!
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When I was a DC tour guide there was this Southern lady who gave me shit one day "Why are all these statues of Union generals? Where's General Lee?" "Well, ma'am, Washington DC was the capital of the Union, so after the war they put up honors for the Union leadership"
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*deep breath* "If you cross the river to Alexandria, which was on the Confederate side during the war - a very unique historical situation, with both sides' capitals so close to the border - you'll actually find many Confederate memorials"
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"But why aren't they here? In the capital? This is supposed to be the capital for all Americans, North and South I think not having a memorial for General Lee is very disrespectful"
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*biting my tongue so fucking hard* "Well it's a unique thing, ma'am, for the two sides in a civil war to come together again as they did in our country Feelings are often very bruised after a war, in most countries it would be rare to find memorials to the defeated side at all"
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"However, Arlington House, the former Lee-Custis mansion, although it is also technically over the river in Virginia, sits at the heart of Arlington National Cemetery and is today considered a memorial to General Lee Now THAT is itself a colorful history"
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"You see, during the war, Union General Montgomery Meigs -" "Are we going to see that on this tour?" "No, ma'am, as I said, Arlington National Cemetery is across the river, we have a separate tour -" "Well I think it sends a bad message to have no Confederate memorials in DC"
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It's like Jesus fucking Christ they lost the goddamn war and they've been given everything back and more and they're still not fucking happy Why in God's name should DC have put up memorials to the army that wanted to burn it to the fucking ground
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Replying to @arthur_affect @FieryDarkstar
It's pretty wild how close they got too. My best friend basically lives on the sight of a major battle in that push. Which...I can walk to the capitol from there pretty quickly.
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Replying to @jamari_oneal @FieryDarkstar
I could've gone into how Alexandria was under military occupation during the whole war, for obvious reasons And as soon as the war was declared some tavern owner in Alexandria put up a Confederate flag and shot the soldier they sent to make him take it down
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There's a plaque marking the occasion in Old Town today The first causalty of the War Between the States A remarkably petty and wholly characteristic incident in the history of the South
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