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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 448750" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>I think that allot of the reason that the civil war is still fresh in the minds of most southerners is that it happened here. Our ancestors experienced it first hand. Not only on the battlefield as combatants but they saw it happen in their front yard so to speak. Those horrors and hardships were so engraved in the minds of the people that they passed those stories on to their offspring as though it happened yesterday. We still see it in front of us every day because many reminders remain. We have battlefields, monuments and cemetaries all over. I can compare it to Europe after WW2. We have the memories of our vets but the Europeans have that plus the physical scars on the cities and landscape. It is in their face daily. After the destruction of the south it took almost 120 years before parity with the north started happening. In the 1980's industry started to make it's way from the north to the south. Now we are a premier location for industry to move to. Pay scales are comparative to the north. That being said most people over 35 years old still remember those lean years with little to no industry that was a hold over from the civil war. Recovery was slow in coming. Believe it or not when infrastructure is completely destroyed it takes years to overcome it. It is even worse when the infrastructure was fledgling to begin with. Especially in the agricultural south. When the war was over the south had nothing left but it's pride and fighting spirit. Everything else was destroyed or taken over by the carpet baggers. That is why southern pride is referred to so often by us folks down here. I do not know any southeners that hate northerners. I think the vast overall majority are past that. We do still dearly hold on to the southern pride because it is part of our identity and culture that we are not willing to part with. It is a tie to our ancestors, heritage and history. Most of the fun poked at yankees is good natured and only works in the south. The civil war was fought, the north won, the union was restored and time marched on. However, I will not forget my southern heritage or the stories that my grandfather told me that was passed down from his and so on. I could not forget if I wanted to. They were too profound. Our heritages, north or south, is to be celebrated. I will celebrate my southern heritage, pride and culture while at the same time being a loyal, patriotic American.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 448750, member: 1863"] I think that allot of the reason that the civil war is still fresh in the minds of most southerners is that it happened here. Our ancestors experienced it first hand. Not only on the battlefield as combatants but they saw it happen in their front yard so to speak. Those horrors and hardships were so engraved in the minds of the people that they passed those stories on to their offspring as though it happened yesterday. We still see it in front of us every day because many reminders remain. We have battlefields, monuments and cemetaries all over. I can compare it to Europe after WW2. We have the memories of our vets but the Europeans have that plus the physical scars on the cities and landscape. It is in their face daily. After the destruction of the south it took almost 120 years before parity with the north started happening. In the 1980's industry started to make it's way from the north to the south. Now we are a premier location for industry to move to. Pay scales are comparative to the north. That being said most people over 35 years old still remember those lean years with little to no industry that was a hold over from the civil war. Recovery was slow in coming. Believe it or not when infrastructure is completely destroyed it takes years to overcome it. It is even worse when the infrastructure was fledgling to begin with. Especially in the agricultural south. When the war was over the south had nothing left but it's pride and fighting spirit. Everything else was destroyed or taken over by the carpet baggers. That is why southern pride is referred to so often by us folks down here. I do not know any southeners that hate northerners. I think the vast overall majority are past that. We do still dearly hold on to the southern pride because it is part of our identity and culture that we are not willing to part with. It is a tie to our ancestors, heritage and history. Most of the fun poked at yankees is good natured and only works in the south. The civil war was fought, the north won, the union was restored and time marched on. However, I will not forget my southern heritage or the stories that my grandfather told me that was passed down from his and so on. I could not forget if I wanted to. They were too profound. Our heritages, north or south, is to be celebrated. I will celebrate my southern heritage, pride and culture while at the same time being a loyal, patriotic American. [/QUOTE]
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