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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
M$1 February 12, 2009 07:53 PM

Why are some states refusing to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial?

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albanian albanian
 
 February 12, 2009 08:18 PM
They are still sore about losing the Civil War. One argument went as follows in the Virginia legislature:
"lawyer Robert Lamb of Richmond, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, argued the state shouldn't celebrate a president who "sent armies into Virginia to lay waste to our land.""
Confederate battle flags are still popular in the deep south. They are still whistling Dixie.
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fjpoblam fjpoblam
 
February 12, 2009 08:00 PM
They have no cents?

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263236 263236
 
February 12, 2009 08:27 PM
Due to him for moving too slowly in abolishing slavery.

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philipy philipy
 
February 12, 2009 08:44 PM
Reading the article cited by albanian, it seems rather than "refusing to celebrate", it might be a little bit more accurate to say they will be "low key and restrained" in how they will mark the occasion.

I wonder if there are any places that celebrate losing a war, or the people that waged war against them? The Germans joined us in marking D-Day, but didn't exactly celebrate. And I guess the German people generally see it as a good thing that Hitler was defeated, but it's hard to be enthusiastic and have parades about the time you were being bombed and invaded.
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kingblc kingblc
 
February 12, 2009 08:51 PM
I think it was because it has been revealed that Lincoln was actually kind of a raciest and only wanted to free the slaves so they could be sent back to Liberia

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cee-jay cee-jay
 
February 12, 2009 10:19 PM
Guess they are too caught up in their consumer driven boring lives to celebrate history.

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