THE REBEL FLAG

[Midwest Spy]

Shit is hitting the fan here in Tn. Everything in this town, I live in, is named after Nathan Bedford Forrest. He grew up just up the street (about ¹⁄₂ mile) from my house. Curious to see if they change the name of the middle/high school and remove the rebel flag like everywhere else. Not that I give two shits either way.

The mayor wants to exhume Nathan's body. What are the townspeople saying about that?

I know I mentioned recently that I watched Ken Burns' The Civil War about 6 months ago.

Southern soldiers were very good. Nathan Bedford had quite a reputation. Fierce and committed to wiping out Yankees.

To me, however, there's a difference between remembering individual soldiers and their sacrifice and continuing to glorify what the South was fighting for.

They wanted to destroy the Union. Did they really think they could survive economically on just cotton exports? Seems pretty short-sighted.