• Bluewing@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    The state of Virginia cries about the battle flag the 1rst Minnesota took during the Battle of Gettysburg from the 28th Virginia on the July 3 day of the battle to this day.

    They have asked for the flag back 4 times. Each time we say No!. The 1rst Minnesota took that flag in open battle and the 70% casualties was the blood paid for it. The blood of 4 men directly paid for its capture.

    Their state motto hasn’t meant much since that battle.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      48 minutes ago

      Hah!

      Well shit, I was not aware of that.

      … that’s uh, funny, I guess, in a more modern context, with more temporal distance.

      But, Minnesotans are bleeding again lately, due to armed tyrants, so I guess in that sense, its less funny.